woodchuck

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wŏŏd′chuk′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
wood•chuck /ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mammalsa stocky North American animal that burrows in holes and hibernates in the winter.Also called groundhog. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
wood•chuck  (wŏŏd′chuk′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalsa stocky North American burrowing rodent, Marmota monax, that hibernates in the winter. Also called chuck, groundhog. 
  • 1665–75, American; presumably a reshaping by folk etymology, etymological of a word in a Southern New England Algonquian language; compare Narragansett (English spelling, spelled) ockqutchaun woodchuck

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
woodchuck /ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk/ n
  1. a North American marmot, Marmota monax, having coarse reddish-brown furAlso called: groundhog
Etymology: 17th Century: by folk etymology from Cree otcheck fisher, marten
'woodchuck' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
groundhog - chuck - chucker - marmot - multituberculate - whistle pig - whistler

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