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dabchick

[ dab-chik ]

noun

  1. any of various small grebes, especially the little grebe.


dabchick

/ ˈdæbˌtʃɪk /

noun

  1. any of several small grebes of the genera Podiceps and Podilymbus, such as Podiceps ruficollis of the Old World
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dabchick1

1565–75; earlier dapchick ( dap, chick ); compare doppened moorhen (literally, dipping duck)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dabchick1

C16: probably from Old English dop to dive + chick ; see deep , dip
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Example Sentences

As he spoke he bobbed and dipped like a dabchick or little grebe.

The dabchick, a slender bird, haunts the pond here too, diving even more quickly than the moorhen.

She was a pretty girl herself, in the florid, barmaid style, but as different a creature to Lilian Strange as a plump dabchick to an Arctic tern.

He thought of a dabchick that hides so cleverly no one can put it up— then, suddenly, is there, close at hand.

The place was nested in woods and water, like a dabchick's nest, yet for all that comfortable and fair to see with its lawns and greenery set about it.

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