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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alpert	['ælpət]
Anielka	ahn-YEL-kah	Polish
Lubomierz	luw-BAWM-yesh	Polish (Rare)
Tuule	-	Estonian
Fortunata	-	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Yumi	yoo-mee	Japanese