sike
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sike¹
- /saɪk/
Sounds like psych, cyc · Rhymes with -aɪk
Where it comes from
From Northern Middle English sike, from Old English sīċ (see sitch), possibly also from or related to Old Norse sík; both from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; trickle”). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare Scots sheuch.
noun sikes · syke
- A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows. The swankies lap thro' mire and syke, Wow as their heads did birr!
sike²
- /saɪk/
Sounds like psych, cyc · Rhymes with -aɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English siken, from Old English sīcan (“to sigh”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan (“to sigh”). Doublet of sigh.
verb sikes · siking · siked · syke
- To sigh or sob.
noun sikes · syke
- A sigh.
sike³
- /saɪk/
Sounds like psych, cyc · Rhymes with -aɪk
determiner syke
- Such. She macks sike warke.
sike⁴
- /saɪk/
Sounds like psych, cyc · Rhymes with -aɪk
Where it comes from
Pronunciation respelling of psych.
interjection syke
- Alternative spelling of psych.
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title = {sike},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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