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whig.

Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʍɪɡ/
  1. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete
  2. Buttermilk.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ʍɪɡ/
  1. To urge forward; drive briskly.

    transitive
  2. To jog along; move or work briskly.

    intransitive
  3. To weird out or disturb someone.

    transitive
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Compare frig, jig

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