whig

• enPR: hwĭg, IPA^(key): /ʍɪɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ
• Homophones: Whig; wig (wine–whine merger)

Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.

whig (plural whigs)

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
2. Buttermilk.

Compare frig, jig

whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged)

1. (transitive) To urge forward; drive briskly.
2. (intransitive) To jog along; move or work briskly.
3. (transitive) To weird out or disturb someone.

Borrowed from English whig.

• IPA^(key): /wiɡ/

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whig m (plural whigs)

1. Whig

• “whig”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English whig.

whig (invariable)

1. (relational) Whig

whig m (invariable)

1. Whig

Unadapted borrowing from English Whig.

whig m (uncountable)

1. Whig