spik

See also: Spik, spîk, śpik, špik, and Špik

English

Noun

spik (plural spiks)

1. Alternative spelling of spic.
   • 2008, Dr. Kevin Leman, Have a New Kid by Friday, page 195:

     So it really got to me when my daughter went to kindergarten and came home saying, 'Mommy, what's a spik? Some kid called me a spik.'

Anagrams

• Kips, PIKs, kips, KPIs, Skip, skip, KIPS

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːk/

  Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

spik n (genitive singular spiks, uncountable)

1. blubber, especially of grindahvalur (pilot whale)

tvøst og spik

• whale meat and blubber (traditional meal)

Declension

n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	spik	spikið
accusative	spik	spikið
dative	spiki	spikinum
genitive	spiks	spiksins

Anagrams

• kips
• skip

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɪːk/

  Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

spik n (genitive singular spiks, no plural)

1. blubber (of whales, seals, etc.)
2. body fat, especially if excessive

Declension

Declension of spik (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	spik	spikið
accusative	spik	spikið
dative	spiki	spikinu
genitive	spiks	spiksins

Anagrams

• skip

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spiką.

Noun

spik n (genitive spiks, plural spik)

1. blubber (of whales, seals, etc.)

Declension

Declension of spik (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spik	spikit	spik	spikin
accusative	spik	spikit	spik	spikin
dative	spiki	spikinu	spikum	spikunum
genitive	spiks	spiksins	spika	spikanna

Descendants

• Faroese: spik
• Icelandic: spik

Anagrams

• skip

Polish

Etymology

From spać +‎ -ik.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈspik]

Noun

spik m inan

1. (Kuyavia) synonym of sen (“sleep”)

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “spik”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

spik

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Norse spíkr, from Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

spik c

1. a nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)

   slå i en spik med en hammare

   drive a nail with a hammer

2. (collectively) nails (spike-shaped metal fasteners)

   hammare och spik

   hammer and nails

3. an (almost) fail-safe bet
4. (horse gambling) a single (sometimes a banker); a bet on only a single horse (to win) in a race

   En spik i lopp 5.

   A single in race 5.

   Häst 3 är en säker spik i lopp 4.

   Horse 3 is a banker in race 4.

   (literally, “Horse 3 is a safe single in race 4.”)

5. hole in one (in miniature golf)
6. (in some compounds) completely, utterly
7. (glassblowing) a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe.

Declension

Declension of spik

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spik	spiks
	definite	spiken	spikens
plural	indefinite	spikar	spikars
	definite	spikarna	spikarnas

Derived terms

• småspik (“small nails”)
• spiknykter (“cold sober”)
• spikrak

Related terms

• spika
• spikning

See also

• nagel (“nail (on a finger or toe)”)
• nubb (“tack”)

References

• spik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)