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 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

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ziege.

Noun

sike

  1. goat

Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɯkɛ/

Noun

sike ?

  1. coin

Turkish

Noun

sike

  1. dative singular of sik
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