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sikes

sikes is the plural of sike.

sikes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sike.

Meaning of sike

Noun (1)

sike (plural sikes)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland) A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.
    • The swankies lap thro' mire and syke, Wow as their heads did birr!1809, John Skinner, Amusements of Leisure Hours, or Poetical Pieces, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, page 41

Noun (2)

sike (plural sikes)

  1. (Northern England, archaic) A sigh.

See all 4 meanings of sike

Proper noun capitalized: Sikes

Sikes

  1. A surname.

Questions about sikes

What does sikes mean?
Sikes means a surname.
What is sikes the plural of?
Sikes is the plural of sike.
What part of speech is sikes?
Sikes is a proper noun.

Words near sikes in the dictionary

  1. Sikeliots
  2. Siken
  3. Sikens
  4. siker
  5. sikerness
  6. sikes
  7. Sikh
  8. Sikh Empire
  9. sikhara
  10. sikharas
  11. Sikhdom

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