paik
/peɪk
/verb [with object] Scottish & Northern English
Pummel or beat (someone): we’ll paik their hides...
- The daft young lads should all be paiked.
- They've fair paiked the daftie black and blue.
- I have two hands to paik her with.
Origin
Early 16th century (as noun meaning 'a hard blow'): origin unknown; perhaps related to pick1 or peck1.
- top of the morning
- top of the pops
- top of the range
- topog.
- topographer
- topographic
- topographical
- topographically
- topography
- topoi
- topoisomer
- topoisomerase
- topological
- topologically
- topological space
- topologist
- topology
- toponym
- toponymic
- toponymy
- top (or full) whack
- top (or second) banana
- topos
- top out
- topped