spik

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See also: spîk 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

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spik.

Pronunciation

Noun

spik n (genitive singular spiks, uncountable)

  1. blubber, especially of grindahvalur (pilot whale)

tvøst og spik

  • whale meat and blubber (traditional meal)

Declension

Declension of spik (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative spik spikið
accusative spik spikið
dative spiki spikinum
genitive spiks spiksins

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spik.

Pronunciation

Noun

spik n (genitive singular spiks, nominative plural spik)

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

Declension

    Declension of spik
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spik spikið spik spikin
accusative spik spikið spik spikin
dative spiki spikinu spikum spikunum
genitive spiks spiksins spika spikanna

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

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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

Polish

Etymology

From spać +‎ -ik.

Pronunciation

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:
Wikipedia sv
spikar / spik

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 straight bet; betting on only a single horse in a race
    En spik i lopp 5.
    A straight bet in race 5.
  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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spik spiken spikar spikarna
Genitive spiks spikens spikars spikarnas

Derived terms

See also

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

References

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