sike
See also: siké
English
Alternative forms
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 Scots sheuch.
Noun
sike (plural sikes)
- (Scotland, Northumbria) A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
- A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
- 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
From Middle English siken, from Old English sīcan (“to sigh”), from Proto-Germanic *sīkaną (“to sigh”). Doublet of siche and sigh.
Verb
sike (third-person singular simple present sikes, present participle siking, simple past and past participle siked)
- (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.
Noun
sike (plural sikes)
- (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.
Etymology 3
Variant of psych.
Interjection
sike
Anagrams
Chuukese
Etymology
Noun
sike
Kurdish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
Manchu
Romanization
sike
- Romanization of ᠰᡳᡴᡝ
Turkish
Noun
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