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iktsuarpok

iktsuarpok noun: the feeling of anticipation while waiting for someone to arrive, often leading to intermittently going outside to check for them.

Noun

iktsuarpok (uncountable)

  1. The feeling of anticipation while waiting for someone to arrive, often leading to intermittently going outside to check for them.
    • The noise was loud, but they had ear plugs on, and Tizzy shouted out to Dizzy, “Iktsuarpok! Iktsuarpok! Iktsuarpok!” Dizzy came backand said, “The coast is clear!2014, Sheila Tipay, Neupella and the Walking Stick, →ISBN
    • "Ah, Foxtrot," said Oscar. "I was wondering if you would put in an appearance. In fact, I was on the verge of Iktsuarpok.”2015, Dixie Lyle, Marked Fur Murder: A Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Mystery, →ISBN, page 231

Examples of iktsuarpok in a sentence

  • Might the restless checking of our phones, waiting for an expected response to a text or comment on a status update, be a type of iktsuarpok?2016, Tiffany Watt Smith, The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty, →ISBN:
  • In that moment, you are experiencing the sadness of iktsuarpok.2017, Daniel Richardson, Man vs Mind: Everyday Psychology Explained, →ISBN:

Origin of iktsuarpok

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ (iktsoarpok, “goes outside often to check if someone is coming”).

Questions about iktsuarpok

What does iktsuarpok mean?
Iktsuarpok means the feeling of anticipation while waiting for someone to arrive, often leading to intermittently going outside to check for them.
How do you use iktsuarpok in a sentence?
Might the restless checking of our phones, waiting for an expected response to a text or comment on a status update, be a type of iktsuarpok?
What part of speech is iktsuarpok?
Iktsuarpok is a noun.

Words near iktsuarpok in the dictionary

  1. ikt
  2. iktar
  3. iktars
  4. Iktomi
  5. IKTR
  6. iktsuarpok
  7. Ikuko
  8. Ikumi
  9. ikunolite
  10. ikunolites
  11. ikupasuy

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