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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
spick (plural spicks)
- Alternative spelling of spic
Etymology 2
Variant of spike.
Noun
spick (plural spicks)
- (obsolete) A nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).
Adjective
spick (comparative spicker, superlative spickest)
- Tidy; fresh.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
spick
- 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.
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
spick
- singular imperative of spicken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of spicken