ick

See also: -ick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

Interjection

ick

1. An exclamation of disgust

   Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!

Synonyms

• ew
• ugh
• yuck

Related terms

• icky

Etymology 2

Back-formation from icky.

Noun

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?

Adjective

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

Noun

ick (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ich (fish disease)

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German

Alternative forms

• icke (disjunctive)

Etymology

From Low German ick, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪk/

Pronoun

ick (conjunctive)

1. (Berlin) I

   Ick liebe dir!

   I love you!

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Low German

Alternative forms

• ik
• ek, eck

Etymology

From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪk/

Pronoun

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

• mien (possessive: my, mine); mi (dative (also generally used in place of the accusative): me); wi (plural: we)