sike
See also: siké
English
Alternative forms
- syke
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)
- (Scotland) 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.
- A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
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)
- (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.
Noun
sike (plural sikes)
- (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.
Etymology 3
Variant of psych.
Interjection
sike
- (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.
Anagrams
- EIKs, skie
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Ziege.
Noun
sike
- goat
Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɯkɛ/
Noun
sike ?
- coin
Turkish
Noun
sike
- dative singular of sik