spick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

Noun

spick (plural spicks)

1. Alternative spelling of spic.

Etymology 2

Variant of spike.

Noun

spick (plural spicks)

1. (obsolete) A nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).

Adjective

spick (comparative spicker, superlative spickest)

1. Tidy; fresh.

Derived terms

• spick-and-span

Etymology 3

Verb

spick

1. Pronunciation spelling of speak.
   • 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night: A Romance [...] With the Author’s Final Revisions, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 243:

     “Spick Italiano?” he asked.
     “No.”
     “Spick Français?”
     “Oui,” said Dick, glowering.

Anagrams

• Picks, picks

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɪk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

spick

1. singular imperative of spicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of spicken