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jick

/d͡ʒɪk/

jick verb: to avoid by a sudden jerk of the body, duck, dodge; to elude, evade.

Verb

jick (third-person singular simple present jicks, present participle jicking, simple past and past participle jicked)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To avoid by a sudden jerk of the body, duck, dodge; to elude, evade.
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To tug quickly, jerk.

Noun

jick (plural jicks)

  1. (dialectal) The act of eluding.
  2. (dialectal) A sudden jerk.

Forms of jick

Verb
third-person singular presentjicks
present participlejicking
past participlejicked
pastjicked
Noun
pluraljicks

Origin of jick

Uncertain. Probably a variant of juke (“to duck, evade, elude”). Compare also jink.

Questions about jick

What does jick mean?
Jick means to avoid by a sudden jerk of the body, duck, dodge; to elude, evade.
What part of speech is jick?
Jick can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce jick?
Jick is pronounced /d͡ʒɪk/.
What is the past tense of jick?
The past tense of jick is jicked.

Words near jick in the dictionary

  1. jicara
  2. jicaras
  3. Jicarilla
  4. jichimu
  5. Jichișu de Jos
  6. jick
  7. jickajog
  8. JICRAR
  9. jidaigeki
  10. jidaigekis
  11. Jidanul

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