whittling
Speech parts
1. whittling - Noun
2. whittling - Verb
Meaning
of Whittle
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
In the old days, a TV sync was perceived as not so cool or whittling away at your indie cred. Now it's seen as much more of an opportunity than a sellout, as a way to find fans who wouldn't have ordinarily come across their genre of music.
"After we conclude this type of whittling down of the jury pool, we think it's in both sides' best interest to do what has been done in other high-profile cases: individual sequestered jury selection," Aidala explained.
Alan Rupe, the lead attorney for the plaintiff school districts that challenged the school finance system, said lawmakers would be back in the courthouse if they started whittling away at the funding levels.
Plus, taking on something like Perry's Jane Whitefield series at this point seemed just this side of masochistic in my whittling down the pile endeavor I've given myself.
From there, despite that, the whittling began.
Naracoorte local Alex Haynes, inspired by the Naracoorte Caves Business Prize, is using his whittling skills to hand carve wooden Diprotodons.