ick

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See also: -ick

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɪk/
  • Audio (US)
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  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ick

  1. An exclamation of disgust
    Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!
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Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from icky.

Noun[edit]

ick (uncountable)

  1. (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?
  2. (slang) Anything moaned about; a gripe.

Adjective[edit]

ick

  1. (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)

  1. Alternative form of ich (fish disease)

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Dutch[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ick

  1. Alternative form of ik: I

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)

  1. (Berlin) I
    Ick liebe dir!
    I love you!

Low German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Ravensbergisch: eck, ek (used besides ick)
  • Münsterländisch: -k (enclitic; used besides ick)

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

  1. 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.)

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

  1. Alternative form of I

North Frisian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ick

  1. Alternative form of ik
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