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wick
(wɪk)
Word forms: plural wicks
1. countable noun
The wick of a candle is the piece of string in it which burns when it is lit.
2. countable noun
The wick of a paraffin lamp or cigarette lighter is the part which supplies the fuel to the flame when it islit.
3.
See get on your wick
wick in British English 1
(wɪk)
noun
1.
a cord or band of loosely twisted or woven fibres, as in a candle, cigarette lighter, etc, that supplies fuel to a flame by capillary action
2. get on someone's wick
Derived forms
wicking (ˈwicking) noun
Word origin
Old English weoce; related to Old High German wioh, Middle Dutch wēke (Dutch wiek)wick in British English 2
(wɪk)
noun
archaic
a village or hamlet
Word origin
Old English wīc; related to -wich in place names, Latin vīcus, Greek oîkoswick in British English 3
(wɪk)
adjective Northern England dialect
1.
lively or active
2.
alive or crawling
a dog wick with fleas
Word origin
dialect variant of quick aliveWick in British English
(wɪk)
noun
a town in N Scotland, in Highland, at the head of Wick Bay (an inlet of the North Sea). Pop: 7333 (2001)
wick in American English 1
(wɪk)
noun
1.
a piece of cord or tape, or a thin bundle of threads, in a candle, oil lamp, cigarette lighter, etc., designed to absorb fuel by capillary attraction and, when lighted, to burn with a small, steady flame
verb transitive
2.
to draw or absorb (water, perspiration, etc.) by capillary attraction
a fabric that wicks sweat away from the skin
Word origin
ME wicke < OE weoca, akin to Ger wieche, wick yarn < IE base *weg-, to weave: see veilwick in American English 2
(wɪk)
noun
a village, town, or hamlet
now archaic except as compounded in bailiwick and (often in the form -wich) in place names, as in Warwick, GreenwichWord origin
ME wik < OE wic, akin to MHG wich, village < early WGmc borrowing < L vicus, group of houses: see eco-More idioms containingwick
get on someone's wick
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