whinchat Syllabification: (whin·chat)Pronunciation: /ˈwinˌCHat/Definition of whinchat noun a small Eurasian and North African songbird related to the stonechat, with a brown back and orange-buff underparts. Saxicola rubetra, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae Origin: late 17th century: from whin1 + chat2whinchat in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of whinchat in the British & World English dictionary