whittle at



whittle at something

to cut or carve at something. He just sat there, whittling at a chunk of wood. I am not carving anything, I am just whittling at some wood.
See also: whittle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LynneLINEnglish
Andrus-Estonian
SimoSEE-mo (Finnish)Finnish, Serbian
VikingVEE-king (Swedish), VEE-keeng (Finnish)Swedish, Finnish
Michal (2)-Biblical, Hebrew
DİRenÇ-Turkish