icky
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for Jazz music.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪki
[edit] Adjective
icky (comparative ickier, superlative ickiest)
- unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting
- I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
- excessively sentimental
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[edit] Translations
unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting
