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kinnikinnick

/ˌkɪ.nɪ.kɪˈnɪk/

kinnikinnick noun: a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.

Noun

kinnikinnick (usually uncountable, plural kinnikinnicks)

  1. (usually) A mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.
    • He lit his pipe of kinikinnick, thought before he spoke.1984, Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine, Harper Perennial, published 2009, page 70
  2. (usually) Any of the plants whose berries, leaves or bark are used in this mixture.
    • He ate kinnikinnick berries.

Forms of kinnikinnick

pluralkinnikinnicks

Origin of kinnikinnick

Originally spelled with an "l" in the first part (i.e. killikinick, killikinnick). From Unami këlëkënikàn (“smoking mixture, killikinick”).

Questions about kinnikinnick

What does kinnikinnick mean?
Kinnikinnick means a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.
What part of speech is kinnikinnick?
Kinnikinnick is a noun.
How do you pronounce kinnikinnick?
Kinnikinnick is pronounced /ˌkɪ.nɪ.kɪˈnɪk/.
What is the plural of kinnikinnick?
The plural of kinnikinnick is kinnikinnicks.

Words near kinnikinnick in the dictionary

  1. kinnikinick
  2. kinnikinics
  3. kinnikinik
  4. kinnikinneck
  5. kinnikinnic
  6. kinnikinnick
  7. kinnikinnicks
  8. kinnikinnik
  9. kinning
  10. Kinnison
  11. Kinnisons

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