Found 2 items, similar to whinchat.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: whinchat whinchat n : brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: Saxicola rubetra ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: whinchat Chat \Chat\, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. [1913 Webster] Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat. [1913 Webster] Bush chat. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bush. [1913 Webster]