chicked
chicked is the simple past and past participle of chick.
Meaning of chick
Verb
chick (third-person singular simple present chicks, present participle chicking, simple past and past participle chicked)
- To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
- plowing in his oats with a very feet furrow; and, after they have “chicked” but before they appear aboveground1795, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Norfolk
- To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.
- He chicked his lips; he cracked his whip; he winked with a knowing leer; he ran down the alley and up the stair, then down the stair and up the alley1844, James Ballantine, The Miller of Deanhaugh
Adjective
chicked (not comparable)
- Fitted with a chick (bamboo screen or blind).
- The glare outside seemed to soak somehow through the green-chicked windows, making one's eyes ache and filling one's head with stuffiness.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 2”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC
Words that rhyme with chicked
Questions about chicked
- What does chicked mean?
- Chicked means fitted with a chick (bamboo screen or blind).
- What is chicked the simple past and past participle of?
- Chicked is the simple past and past participle of chick.
- What part of speech is chicked?
- Chicked is an adjective.
Words near chicked in the dictionary
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