swike
English
Etymology
From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, *swīkaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swaɪk/
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪk
Verb
swike (third-person singular simple present swikes, present participle swiking, simple past swoke, past participle swicken)
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray.
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, cease.
Adjective
swike (comparative more swike, superlative most swike)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous.
Noun
swike (plural swikes)
- (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.
- (dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
- 1848, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Harold, the Last of the Saxons:
- The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike, or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered.
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- (dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave.
Anagrams
- Weiks, Wikes, kwise, wikes
Indonesian
swike in fermented soybean sauce (tauco) soup
Etymology
From Hokkien 水雞／水鸡 (súi-ke, “frog”, literally “water; river + fowl; chicken”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈswike]
- Hyphenation: swi‧ké
Noun
swiké (first-person possessive swikeku, second-person possessive swikemu, third-person possessive swikenya)
- (cooking) swikee, a frog leg cuisine.
Further reading
- “swike” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.