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English
Alternative forms
- (meme slang: curvy): thicc
Etymology
From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- Synonyms: broad; see also Thesaurus:wide
- Antonyms: slim, thin; see also Thesaurus:narrow
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset
- Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin; see also Thesaurus:slender
2007, James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle:As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.
2009, Kenny Attaway, Nuthouse Love, page 82:JJ loved “average hood girls”, Cody loved dark-skinned thick girls and Mooch lusted for yellow-boned skinny woman.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
- Antonyms: sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Synonyms: glutinous, viscous; see also Thesaurus:viscous
- Antonyms: free-flowing, runny; see also Thesaurus:runny
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
- Abounding in number.
- Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming; see also Thesaurus:plentiful
- Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight
The room was thick with reporters.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid; see also Thesaurus:opaque
- Antonyms: thin, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent
We drove through thick fog.
- (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
He answered me in his characteristically thick Creole patois.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- Synonyms: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: clear, lucid; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Synonyms: dense, (informal) dumb, stupid, (taboo slang) thick as pigshit, (slang) thick as two short planks; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- Antonyms: (informal) brainy, intelligent, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent
He was as thick as two short planks.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- Synonyms: (UK, informal) chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, (informal) pally, intimate, tight-knit
- Antonym: unacquainted
They were as thick as thieves.
1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse:Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Synonyms: great, extreme
Thick darkness.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
2006, Christopher Carr, D. Troy Case, “The Gathering of Hopewell”, in Christopher Carr, D. Troy Case, editors, Gathering Hopewell: Society, Ritual, and Ritual Interaction, →ISBN, page 47:Thick prehistory also is interested in a much broader array of topics than the perennial sociological concern for how individuals relate to the collective and how social continuity and change occur in light of that relationship; thick prehistory addresses the social, biological, and psychological person.
2013, John O. McGinnis, Michael B. Rappaport, Originalism and the Good Constitution, →ISBN, page 5:A thick theory, such as libertarianism or socialism, is not appropriate as the basis for a constitution in a pluralistic society in which the people hold differing views about the good (or justice).
2021, Wanjiru Njoya, Economic Freedom and Social Justice: The Classical Ideal of Equality in Contexts of Racial Diversity, →ISBN, page 95:Nor is his defence of market capitalism likely to persuade all his progressive friends, because no matter how much fairness is achieved through an application of the difference principle, they are reluctant to accept Tomasi’s defence of private property rights or a thick concept of economic freedom.
- (UK, dated) Troublesome; unreasonable.
1969, Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:"Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s."
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voluptuous
Derived terms
Translations
relatively great in extent from one surface to another
- Abkhaz: абнатә (abnatʷʼ)
- Acehnese: teubai
- Albanian: i trashë (sq)
- Amharic: ደንዳና (dändana)
- Arabic: سَمِيك (samīk), غَلِيظ (ḡalīẓ), كَثِيف (kaṯīf)
- Egyptian: تخين (taḵīn)
- Hijazi Arabic: سَميك (samīk), ثَخين (taḵīn)
- Armenian: հաստ (hy) (hast)
- Aromanian: gros
- Azerbaijani: qalın (az), yoğun (az) (of cylindrical objects)
- Bashkir: ҡалын (qalın)
- Basque: lodi (eu), mardul (eu)
- Belarusian: то́ўсты (be) (tóŭsty)
- Bengali: মোটা (bn) (mōṭa)
- Bikol Central: mahibog (bcl)
- Bulgarian: дебе́л (bg) (debél), тлъст (bg) (tlǎst)
- Burmese: ထူ (my) (htu), ထူထဲ (my) (htuhtai:)
- Buryat: зузаан (zuzaan)
- Carpathian Rusyn: тлустый (tlustŷj)
- Catalan: gros (ca)
- Chamicuro: s̈hawkolo, tiki'tsa
- Chechen: стомма (stomma)
- Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎨᏓ (uwageda)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 厚 (hau5)
- Dungan: ху (hu)
- Eastern Min: 厚 (gâu)
- Hakka: 厚 (heu)
- Mandarin: 厚 (zh) (hòu)
- Wu: 厚
- Cornish: tew
- Czech: tlustý (cs)
- Dalmatian: gruas
- Danish: tyk (da)
- Dutch: dik (nl), dikke (nl)
- Erzya: эчке (ečke)
- Esperanto: dika (eo)
- Estonian: paks (et)
- Even: дирам (ʒiram)
- Evenki: дырам (diram)
- Faroese: tjúkkur (fo)
- Finnish: paksu (fi)
- French: épais (fr), gros (fr)
- Friulian: grues
- Georgian: სქელი (skeli), მსხვილი (msxvili)
- German: dick (de)
- Greek: χοντρός (el) (chontrós), παχύς (el) (pachýs)
- Ancient: πυκνός (puknós), παχύς (pakhús)
- Haitian Creole: epè
- Hawaiian: manoanoa
- Hebrew: עבה (he) (‘aveh)
- Higaonon: makapal
- Hindi: मोटा (hi) (moṭā)
- Hungarian: vastag (hu)
- Icelandic: þéttur (is)
- Indonesian: tebal (id)
- Ingush: сома (soma)
- Interlingua: spisse
- Iranun: makapal
- Irish: tiubh
- Old Irish: tiug
- Italian: spesso (it)
- Japanese: 太い (ja) (ふとい, futoi) (of tube, etc.), 厚い (ja) (あつい, atsui) (of book, etc.)
- Javanese: kandel (jv)
- Kalmyk: зузан (zuzan)
- Kashubian: grëbi
- Kazakh: қалың (qalyñ)
- Khmer: ជុក (km) (cuk), ក្រាស់ (km) (kras')
- Korean: 두껍다 (ko) (dukkeopda)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئەستوور (estûr)
- Kyrgyz: калың (ky) (kalıŋ)
- Lao: ຫນາ (nā)
- Latgalian: bīzs
- Latin: crassus
- Latvian: resns, biezs (lv)
- Lithuanian: storas (lt)
- Livonian: sangdi, sangdõ
- Macedonian: дебел (debel)
- Maguindanao: makapal
- Malay: tebal (ms)
- Malayalam: കട്ടിയുള്ള (kaṭṭiyuḷḷa), കട്ടി (ml) (kaṭṭi)
- Maltese: oħxon (mt)
- Manchu: ᠵᡳᡵᠠᠮᡳᠨ (jiramin)
- Manx: çhiu
- Maori: mātotoru, matatengi (of clothing)
- Maranao: makapal
- Moksha: эчке (ečke)
- Mongolian: зузаан (mn) (zuzaan)
- Nanai: дирами (ʒirami)
- Norman: êpais
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tykk (no), tjukk (no)
- Nynorsk: tjukk (nn)
- Occitan: espés (oc)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: тлъстъ (tlŭstŭ)
- Old East Slavic: тълстъ (tŭlstŭ)
- Old English: þicce
- Old Javanese: kandĕl
- Oromo: furdaa
- Ossetian: ставд (stavd)
- Ottoman Turkish: قویو (koyu)
- Pashto: ډبل (ps) (ḍabël), غټ (ps) (ǧaṭ)
- Persian: کلفت (fa) (koloft), ستبر (fa) (setabr), چاق (fa) (čâq)
- Plautdietsch: dikj
- Polish: gruby (pl)
- Portuguese: espesso (pt), grosso (pt)
- Rapa Nui: matoru
- Romanian: gros (ro)
- Russian: то́лстый (ru) (tólstyj)
- Sanskrit: घन (sa) (ghana), बहुल (sa) (bahula)
- Scottish Gaelic: tiugh
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дѐбео
- Roman: dèbeo (sh)
- Sherpa: མཐུག་པུ (mthug pu)
- Sindhi: ٿُلهو
- Slovak: tlstý
- Slovene: débeł (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: tłusty
- Upper Sorbian: tołsty
- Spanish: grueso (es), espeso (es)
- Sundanese: kandel (su)
- Swedish: tjock (sv)
- Tagalog: makapal
- Tajik: ғафс (tg) (ġafs), ситабр (sitabr)
- Tatar: калын (qalın)
- Telugu: మందమైన (mandamaina)
- Tetum: mahar
- Thai: หนา (th) (nǎa)
- Tibetan: མཐུག་པོ (mthug po), ཐུག་པོ (thug po)
- Tocharian B: ātstse
- Turkish: kalın (tr)
- Turkmen: galyň
- Ukrainian: товсти́й (tovstýj)
- Urdu: موٹا (moṭā)
- Uyghur: قېلىن (qëlin)
- Uzbek: qalin (uz)
- Vietnamese: dày (vi)
- Welsh: tew (cy)
- Yakut: суон (suon), хойуу (qoyuu)
- Yiddish: דיק (dik)
- Zazaki: qelaq
- Zealandic: dik
- Zhuang: na
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measuring a certain number of units in this dimension
densely crowded or packed
- Adyghe: ӏужъу (ʼwužʷu)
- Armenian: թավ (hy) (tʻav)
- Aromanian: des, spes
- Bashkir: тығыҙ (tığıź)
- Bulgarian: гъст (bg) (gǎst)
- Catalan: gruixut (ca), dens (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 密集 (zh) (mìjí)
- Czech: hustý (cs) m
- Dutch: dicht (nl), dichte (nl), dichtopeengepakt, dichtopeengepakte
- Finnish: tiheä (fi)
- French: dense (fr), épais (fr)
- Galician: testo (gl) m, mesto m, espeso (gl)
- German: dicht (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: πυκνός (puknós)
- Hungarian: sűrű (hu)
- Japanese: 密集した (ja) (misshū shita)
- Kabardian: ӏувы (ʼwuvə)
- Latvian: biezs (lv)
- Macedonian: зби́ен m (zbíen)
- Pashto: ګڼ (gëṇ)
- Persian: انبوه (fa) (anbuh), وغیش (fa) (vağiš)
- Portuguese: espesso (pt)
- Romanian: des (ro)
- Swedish: tät (sv), tätt (sv), packad (sv)
- Telugu: దట్టమైన (te) (daṭṭamaina)
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having a viscous consistency
- Adyghe: ӏужъу (ʼwužʷu)
- Arabic: غَلِيظ (ḡalīẓ)
- Armenian: թանձր (hy) (tʻanjr)
- Azerbaijani: qəliz, qatı
- Bashkir: ҡуйы (quyı)
- Belarusian: густы́ (be) (hustý)
- Bulgarian: гъст (bg) m (gǎst)
- Burmese: ပျစ် (my) (pyac)
- Catalan: espès (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 濃/浓 (nung4), 稠 (cau4), 滐 (git6)
- Mandarin: 濃/浓 (zh) (nóng), 稠 (zh) (chóu), 濃厚/浓厚 (zh) (nónghòu)
- Czech: hustý (cs) m
- Danish: tyk (da)
- Dutch: dik (nl), dikke (nl)
- Finnish: sakea (fi), tiheä (fi)
- French: épais (fr)
- Galician: testo (gl) m, espeso (gl) m
- Georgian: სქელი (skeli)
- German: dick (de)
- Haitian Creole: pwès
- Hungarian: sűrű (hu)
- Indonesian: kental (id)
- Japanese: 濃い (ja) (こい, koi)
- Kabardian: ӏувы (ʼwuvə)
- Korean: 짙다 (ko) (jitda), 농후하다 (ko) (nonghuhada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: سەخت (sext)
- Macedonian: густ m (gust)
- Malay: pekat (ms)
- Manchu: ᡨᡠᠮᡳᠨ (tumin)
- Norman: êpais
- Occitan: espés (oc)
- Ottoman Turkish: قویو (koyu), یوغون (yoğun)
- Pashto: ټينګ (ṭing)
- Persian: غلیظ (fa) (ğaliz), سفت (fa) (seft), ستبر (fa) (setabr), دفزک (fa) (dafzak)
- Polish: gęsty (pl)
- Portuguese: espesso (pt)
- Russian: густо́й (ru) (gustój)
- Scottish Gaelic: tiugh
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: гу̑ст
- Roman: gȗst (sh)
- Slovak: hustý
- Slovene: góst (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: gusty
- Spanish: espeso (es)
- Swedish: tjock (sv)
- Tajik: ғализ (ġaliz)
- Telugu: చిక్కని (te) (cikkani)
- Thai: ข้น (th) (kôn)
- Turkish: yoğun (tr)
- Ukrainian: густи́й (uk) (hustýj)
- Vietnamese: đặc (vi)
- Welsh: tew (cy)
- Zhuang: gwd, gwg, gud
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difficult to understand, poorly articulated
Adverb
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- In a thick manner.
- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Frequently or numerously.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Translations
Noun
thick (plural thicks)
- The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
- A thicket.
1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, , London: H L for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:gloomy thicks
- (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
2014, Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All, page 100:If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks.
Derived terms
Translations
most active or intense part of something
Translations to be checked
Verb
thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.
1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet VII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. , London: [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC; reprinted in Amoretti and Epithalamion (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas , 1927, →OCLC:A wicked ambush , which lay hidden long In the close covert of her guilful eyen,
Thence breaking forth , did thick about me throng
Synonyms
Determiner
thick
- Alternative form of thilk (“that same”)
Yola
Noun
thick
- Alternative form of titch
1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 3:Themost wi egges an heimost wi thick,- One had eggs and another had a kid,
1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 5:Thick besom fighed a spagh wi kick an a blaake,- The kid angry gave a struggle, with a kick and a bleat,
1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 14:Thou liest valse co secun that thou an ye thick- You lie false, said the second, that you and your kid,
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129