woodchuckn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊdtʃʌk/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdˌtʃək/

Forms: 1600s woodchock, 1600s– woodchuck, 1700s– wood-chuck, 1800s– wood chuck, 1800s– woodshock Brit.

/ˈwʊdʃɒk/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdˌʃɑk/ (nonstandard).

Origin: A borrowing from a Southern New England Algonquian language.

Etymology: < a Southern New England Algonquian language (compare Narragansett ockqutchaun), with loss of the initial vowel, and subsequent remodelling of the remaining syllables after wood n.¹ and, apparently, chuck (although it is unclear which of the various English words with this form).The second syllable of English woodchuck has subsequently given rise to analogous formations, such as †ground chuck groundhog (1828) and rockchuck n. at rock n.¹ Compounds 2b. In the form woodshock apparently by confusion with wejack n. (compare the α. forms at that entry).

1. U.S. regional (New England). A large marmot common in North America, Marmota monax, which has reddish-brown and grey fur and lives in extensive burrows. Also called groundhog.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Marmota > marmota monax (woodchuck)

moonack1666

woodchuck1670

Maryland marmot1771

groundhog1784

American marmot1797

1670 W. Dyer To Kings most Excellent Majesty 2 But the natural inhabitants of the abovesaid Woods, Hills and Swamps, are incredible numbers of wild Beasts, as Bears, Moose, Deer.., Hares and Woodchucks.

1690 in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1862) IV. 236/1 (modernized text) A parcel of meadow commonly called Woodchuck meadow.

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 454 The Wood-chuck is a ground animal of the fur kind, about the size of a martin.

1797 New Star (Concord, New Hampsh.) 29 Aug. 168/1 Fat as a Woodchuck that's Pastur'd on clover.

1819 D. B. Warden Statist., Polit. & Hist. Acct. U.S. I. 225 Marmot of Maryland, Arctomys monax,..known by the names of woodchuck and ground hog.

1886 C. H. Merriam Mammals Adirondack Region ii. 252 A bill providing for a bounty of ten cents of each Woodchuck killed within the limits of the State.

1920 Daily Mail 3 Dec. 6/4 The American woodchuck sleeps and wakes by the calendar, whatever the temperature may be.

1972 Jrnl. Mammalogy 53 214 Woodchucks (Marmota monax) and other marmots produce short, simple whistles.

2001 S. King Dreamcatcher iv. 140 The backyard was filled with..waddling woodchucks.

2. U.S. regional (New York) slang. An unsophisticated rustic; a yokel, a hick. Also used more generally as a term of mild contempt.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person

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poot1935

shmegegge1937

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motorcycle1938

squiff1939

pendejo1940

snotnose1941

jerkface1942

slag1943

yuck1943

fuckface?1945

fuckhead?1945

shit-head1945

shite-hawk1948

schlub1950

asswipe1953

mother1955

weenie1956

hard-on1958

rass hole1959

schmucko1959

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scuzzbag1983

sleazeball1983

butt-face1984

dickweed1984

saddie1985

butt plug1986

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

microcephalic1989

wankstain1990

sadster1992

buttmunch1993

fanny1995

jackhole1996

fassyhole1997

fannybaws2000

fassy2002

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun]

churlc1275

Hobc1325

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cafone1872

bogman1891

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middle peasant1929

woodchuck1931

swede-basher1943

moegoe1953

shit-kicker1961

1931 M. Bodenheim Naked on Roller Skates i. 84 I want him to throw me up against everybody—the crummiest woodchucks..the worst fourflushers..everybody.

1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 209 Woodchuck, driver with low seniority.

1989 R. Banks Affliction xxii. 314 He could go to weddings or funerals..and not look like a hick, a woodchuck, a goddamned shitkicker from the hills of Cow Hampshire.

2010 @christinaislazy 30 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I think i gave myself a foot sepsis (that's a thing right?) by popping my blisters with my pocket knife. #woodchuck #hick #country.

Compounds

woodchuck hole n. a hole in the ground made or inhabited by a woodchuck.

1853 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 29 Mar. (2000) VI. 45 Looking at the mouth of a woodchuck hole..[I see] that those places are sprinkled with..salt shaped masses of frost.

1974 P. Gzowski Bk. about this Country 43/2 The hay wagon had dropped into a woodchuck hole.

2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 18 Mar. Opossums are usually nocturnal and will den up in woodpiles, woodchuck holes, culverts or other cavities.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woodchuck
释义	woodchuckn. Brit. /ˈwʊdtʃʌk/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌtʃək/ Forms: 1600s woodchock, 1600s– woodchuck, 1700s– wood-chuck, 1800s– wood chuck, 1800s– woodshock Brit. /ˈwʊdʃɒk/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌʃɑk/ (nonstandard). Origin: A borrowing from a Southern New England Algonquian language. Etymology: < a Southern New England Algonquian language (compare Narragansett ockqutchaun), with loss of the initial vowel, and subsequent remodelling of the remaining syllables after wood n.¹ and, apparently, chuck (although it is unclear which of the various English words with this form).The second syllable of English woodchuck has subsequently given rise to analogous formations, such as †ground chuck groundhog (1828) and rockchuck n. at rock n.¹ Compounds 2b. In the form woodshock apparently by confusion with wejack n. (compare the α. forms at that entry). 1. U.S. regional (New England). A large marmot common in North America, Marmota monax, which has reddish-brown and grey fur and lives in extensive burrows. Also called groundhog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Marmota > marmota monax (woodchuck) moonack1666 woodchuck1670 Maryland marmot1771 groundhog1784 American marmot1797 1670 W. Dyer To Kings most Excellent Majesty 2 But the natural inhabitants of the abovesaid Woods, Hills and Swamps, are incredible numbers of wild Beasts, as Bears, Moose, Deer.., Hares and Woodchucks. 1690 in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1862) IV. 236/1 (modernized text) A parcel of meadow commonly called Woodchuck meadow. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 454 The Wood-chuck is a ground animal of the fur kind, about the size of a martin. 1797 New Star (Concord, New Hampsh.) 29 Aug. 168/1 Fat as a Woodchuck that's Pastur'd on clover. 1819 D. B. Warden Statist., Polit. & Hist. Acct. U.S. I. 225 Marmot of Maryland, Arctomys monax,..known by the names of woodchuck and ground hog. 1886 C. H. Merriam Mammals Adirondack Region ii. 252 A bill providing for a bounty of ten cents of each Woodchuck killed within the limits of the State. 1920 Daily Mail 3 Dec. 6/4 The American woodchuck sleeps and wakes by the calendar, whatever the temperature may be. 1972 Jrnl. Mammalogy 53 214 Woodchucks (Marmota monax) and other marmots produce short, simple whistles. 2001 S. King Dreamcatcher iv. 140 The backyard was filled with..waddling woodchucks. 2. U.S. regional (New York) slang. An unsophisticated rustic; a yokel, a hick. Also used more generally as a term of mild contempt. 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Bodenheim Naked on Roller Skates i. 84 I want him to throw me up against everybody—the crummiest woodchucks..the worst fourflushers..everybody. 1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 209 Woodchuck, driver with low seniority. 1989 R. Banks Affliction xxii. 314 He could go to weddings or funerals..and not look like a hick, a woodchuck, a goddamned shitkicker from the hills of Cow Hampshire. 2010 @christinaislazy 30 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I think i gave myself a foot sepsis (that's a thing right?) by popping my blisters with my pocket knife. #woodchuck #hick #country. Compounds woodchuck hole n. a hole in the ground made or inhabited by a woodchuck. Π 1853 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 29 Mar. (2000) VI. 45 Looking at the mouth of a woodchuck hole..[I see] that those places are sprinkled with..salt shaped masses of frost. 1974 P. Gzowski Bk. about this Country 43/2 The hay wagon had dropped into a woodchuck hole. 2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 18 Mar. Opossums are usually nocturnal and will den up in woodpiles, woodchuck holes, culverts or other cavities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1670
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