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