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woodcock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʊd.kɒk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.

Meanings

1. Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
   • The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 251:
   • "[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]" 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 286:
2. A simpleton.
   • "Now will that silly woodcock make such a report of what I have said to his chosen friend," observed Sir Robert to his companion when my Lord Cobham was out of hearing[…] 1838, Nathan Drake, Belletristical Works, volume 1, page 215:
   • If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!" c. 1607–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Cupid’s Revenge”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:

Forms

Deriveds

Eurasian woodcock · Bukidnon woodcock · American woodcock · Moluccan woodcock · New Guinea woodcock · Scotch woodcock · Amami woodcock · Sulawesi woodcock · Javan woodcock

Relateds

the patrolling flight pattern of the woodcock · roding

Translations (69)

nb rugde (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · io bekaso (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · sh шљу̏ка (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ro becață (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · oc becassa (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · mk шлу́ка (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · tr çulluk (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · kbd щӏупхъхэр (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · sv morkulla (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · la attagēna (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ga creabhar (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · oc becada (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ro sitar (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · nl houtsnip (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ca becada (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · br kefeleg (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · uk слуква (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · fi kurppa (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · co biccazza (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · nds-de Boomsnip (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · es chochaperdiz (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ckb مرەباخی (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · fr bécasse (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · nl snip (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · scn biccaccia (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ja ヤマシギ (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · gv ushag rhennee (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · tr helvacı kuşu (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · nrf bécache (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · pt galinhola (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · cmn 鷸 /鹬 (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · it acceggia (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · da skovsneppe (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · grc ἀσκαλώπας (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · grc σκολόπαξ (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · hy կտցար (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · la scolopax (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · he חַרְטוֹמָן (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · xcl կտցար (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · kw kevelek (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ta ஆங்கிலப்பெயர் (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · fi lehtokurppa (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ang wuducoc (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · lv sloka (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ro becațină (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · cs sluka (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · fur gjalinace (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ja 山鷸 (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · eo skolopo (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · it beccaccia (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · bg горски бекас (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ru ва́льдшнеп (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ka ტყისქათამი (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · zlw-ocs sluka (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · el μπεκάτσα (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · hu erdei szalonka (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · pl słonka (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · ota چوللق (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · es chocha (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · gl arcea (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · lt slanka (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · sq shapkë (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · et kurvits (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · de Waldschnepfe (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · cv кӑрӑпчак (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · az çilingdimdik (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · sh šljȕka (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · nn rugde (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) · cy cyffylog (wading bird in the genus Scolopax)