How do you use the word "woodcock" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "woodcock" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "woodcock": The woodcock is a small and brown bird with a very long and thin bill. We spotted a woodcock in the dark and quiet woods late yesterday.

Woodcock Meaning

/ˈwʊd.kɒk/

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.

nounA simpleton.

Sentence Examples

The woodcock is a small and brown bird with a very long and thin bill.

We spotted a woodcock in the dark and quiet woods late yesterday.

The hunter spotted a woodcock hiding in the tall grass.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The hunter flushed a ____ from the thick marshy cover at early dawn.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A ____ is a small and elusive bird that is known for its unique appearance and its long and thin beak today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

""[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"" — 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 286:

"The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid." — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 251:

"If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"" — c. 1607–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Cupid’s Revenge”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:

""Now will that silly woodcock make such a report of what I have said to his chosen friend," observed Sir Robert to his companion when my Lord Cobham was out of hearing[…]" — 1838, Nathan Drake, Belletristical Works, volume 1, page 215:

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