sike

See also: siké

English

Alternative forms

• syke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪk/

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• Rhymes: -aɪk
• Homophones: psych, cyc

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)

1. (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.

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)

1. (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.

Noun

sike (plural sikes)

1. (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.

Etymology 3

Variant of psych.

Interjection

sike

1. (slang) Alternative form of psych

Anagrams

• EIKs, seki, skie

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ziege.

Noun

sike

1. goat

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Manchu

Romanization

sike

1. Romanization of ᠰᡳᡴᡝ

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈkɛ/

Noun

sike ?

1. coin

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sika (a-infinitive)

Verb

sike (present tense sik or sikar or siker, past tense seik or sika or sikt, supine sike or sika or sikt, past participle siken or sika or sikt, present participle sikande, imperative sik)

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References

• “sike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Turkish

Noun

1. dative singular of sik