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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ick
- An exclamation of disgust
- Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!
Synonyms[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from icky.
Noun[edit]
ick (uncountable)
- (informal) Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch.
- 2015, Chris Lynch, Killing Time in Crystal City (page 182)
- Did you get ick all over my things? Should I walk myself through a car wash on the way home?
- 2015, Chris Lynch, Killing Time in Crystal City (page 182)
Adjective[edit]
ick
- (informal) icky; distasteful or unpleasant.
- 2012, Sue Moorcroft, Dream a Little Dream:
- 'It's a bit ick, to be honest, but Rochelle thought it would be funny. Last year we did dragon's diarrhoea, with Tia Maria and chocolate Angel Delight, but nobody would touch it.'
- 2015, Candy J Starr, Bad Boy Rock Star: The Complete Story:
- He thought she would be an embarrassment. That kind of made me feel a bit ick.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
ick (uncountable)
- Alternative form of ich (fish disease)
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Low German ick/ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ick (conjunctive)
- (Berlin) I
- Ick liebe dir!
- I love you!
Low German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ick
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- ick schreev di en Breef
- I wrote you a letter
- Ick keem, ick seeg, ick wunn
- I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)
- ick schreev di en Breef
Related terms[edit]
- mien (possessive: my, mine); mi (dative (also generally used in place of the accusative): me); wi (plural: we)
Middle English[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ick
- Alternative form of I
North Frisian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ick
- Alternative form of ik
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