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Definition of whaup in English: whaupnoun (h)wɔːp Scottish A curlew. Example sentencesExamples - There, the strains of the hymns all but drowned the chaffinches and the cries of the whaups.
- The whaups were crying, but none came near him, though he looked hard for the bird that had spoken with him.
- It was late March, 1890, and the whaups were crying a new spring over the braes of Mauricewood, when they brought out the men from the east face.
- I must return, perhaps in the spring when whaups and laverocks call on a warm wind.
- A bird known as the whaup is, in fact, the curlew, a long-beaked bird which you can find online in pictures.
Origin Mid 16th century: imitative of the bird's cry. Rhymes dorp, gawp, scaup, scorp, Thorpe, warp, yawp |