sike

See also: siké

English

Alternative forms

• syke

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle English sike, the northern form of Old English sīċ (see sitch) and also from Old Norse sík; both from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; trickle”). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare sheuch.

Noun

sike (plural sikes)

1. A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.

   The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike. — A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512

Etymology 2

Variant of siche, a dialectal variant of sigh.

Verb

sike (third-person singular simple present sikes, present participle siking, simple past and past participle siked)

1. (archaic) To sigh or sob.

Noun

sike (plural sikes)

1. (archaic) A sigh.

Etymology 3

Variant of psych.

Interjection

sike

1. (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.

Anagrams

• EIKs, skie

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowing from German Ziege.

Noun

sike

1. goat

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Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɯkɛ/

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

sike ?

1. coin

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Turkish

Noun

sike

1. dative singular of sik