get on someone's wick
get on someone's wick verb: to annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
Verb
get on someone's wick (third-person singular simple present gets on someone's wick, present participle getting on someone's wick, simple past and past participle got on someone's wick)
- To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
- His silly questions are really getting on my wick.
- Synonyms:
- get on someone's nerves, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass, antagonize, bother
Synonyms of get on someone's wick
- get on someone's nerves
- aggravate
- annoy
- nettle
- rankle
- ruffle
- sting
- burn someone's ass
- antagonize
- bother
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Forms of get on someone's wick
| third-person singular present | gets on someone's wick |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting on someone's wick |
| past participle | got on someone's wick |
| past | got on someone's wick |
Origin of get on someone's wick
Tony Thorne's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang states that wick is a shortening for Hampton Wick as rhyming slang for prick, i.e. penis.
Questions about get on someone's wick
- What does get on someone's wick mean?
- Get on someone's wick means to annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
- What part of speech is get on someone's wick?
- Get on someone's wick is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get on someone's wick?
- The past tense of get on someone's wick is got on someone's wick.
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