Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See whirret.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A box on the ear.
  • transitive verb obsolete To hurry; to trouble; to tease.
  • transitive verb obsolete To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box (the ear).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To hurry; to trouble; to tease.
  • verb obsolete To box (somebody) on the ear; to strike on the ear.

Etymologies

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Origin unknown; perhaps imitative. See whirr.

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Examples

  • The Whigs are in a rage about the peace; but we'll wherret [9] them, I warrant, boys.

    The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706

  • The Whigs are in a rage about the peace; but we’ll wherret [9] them, I warrant, boys.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

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  • A box on the ear? What kind of box.. a cereal box, a cake mix?

    August 4, 2020

  • Well, personally speaking, a jack in the box.

    August 27, 2021