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killick

killick is the alternative form of killock.

Meaning of killock

Noun

killock (plural killocks)

  1. A small anchor.
  2. A kind of anchor formed by a stone enclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
  3. The fluke of such an anchor.
  4. (slang) A leading seaman, who wears a badge with an anchor emblem.
    • Unabashed, the Killock tilted his head to one side in mock examination, puckering his bulbous nose.2005, Bill Hawkins, The Other Cockleshell Heroes, page 32

Proper noun capitalized: Killick

Killick (plural Killicks)

  1. A surname.

Forms of killick

Noun
pluralkillicks
Proper noun
pluralKillicks

Origin of killick

Possibly an habitational surname from the villages of Kilnwick or Kildwick.

Phrases with killick

Questions about killick

What does killick mean?
Killick means a surname.
What is killick the alternative form of?
Killick is the alternative form of killock.
What part of speech is killick?
Killick is a proper noun.

Words near killick in the dictionary

  1. killhouse
  2. killhouses
  3. Killian
  4. Killian's dehiscence
  5. Killian's triangle
  6. killick
  7. killick hitch
  8. killick hitches
  9. killickinnic
  10. killicks
  11. Killie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: killick (page history and authors); Killick (page history and authors); killock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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