2syllables
whittling
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Definitions ofwhittling
1verb
- To cut or shape wood with a knife.
- To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
- To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
1noun
- (usually in the plural) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
- The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife
- A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic)
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