skerrick
Syllables: sker·rickUK/ˈskɛɹɪk/
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Australia/ˈskeɹɪk/
skerrick noun: a very small amount or portion; the least bit.
Noun
skerrick (plural skerricks)
- A very small amount or portion; the least bit.
- From the crate beneath him, Reed fished up a can of aerated mineral water. A label said it had been treated according to most scrupulous hygienic standards. It had been filtered through porcelain and centrifuged until every last skerrick of life had succumbed. Reed read the label and gazed afresh...1969, Clive Barry, Fly Jamskoni, London: Faber and Faber […], →ISBN, page 54
- Blue deepened in the east, the few skerricks of cloud went all the shades of pastel.1973, Chester Eagle, “Part Ten: Going Back, Going Forward”, in Who Could Love the Nightingale?, Melbourne, Vic.: Wren Publishing, →ISBN, page 285
skerrick meaning in Tamil
skerrick in Tamil
- சிறுதுண்டு
Examples of skerrick in a sentence
- It had been filtered through porcelain and centrifuged until every last skerrick of life had succumbed.1969, Clive Barry, Fly Jamskoni, London: Faber and Faber […], →ISBN, page 54:
- He stood in front of Vonnie Kyle and his eyes examined hers with every skerrick of judgment he could muster.1982, Paul John Radley, chapter 12, in My Blue-checker Corker and Me, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, published...
- When he reached this point in his madness, it disabled whatever skerrick of common sense he might have had even to save himself.2006, Alexis Wright, “Number One House”, in Carpentaria […], 1st Atria Books hardcover edition, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, published...
- "And all I can think is that they're seeing a crumb, a skerrick of what it once was."2007 April, Kennedy Warne, “Blue Haven”, in Chris Johns, editor, National Geographic, volume 211, number 4, Washington, D.C.: National...
Synonyms of skerrick
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Forms of skerrick
| plural | skerricks |
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Origin of skerrick
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of scuddick (“(Northern England, Southwestern England, slang) very small amount; small coin or other object”), possibly related to scud (“(UK, dialectal, dated) piece of twisted straw used to stop up a drain”, noun), scud (“(UK, dialectal, dated) to form straw into scuds”, verb); further etymology unknown.
Words that rhyme with skerrick
- berwick
- generic
- exoteric
- atmospheric
- derrick
- esoteric
- alphanumeric
- cleric
- Derek
- ferric
- numeric
- spheric
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Questions about skerrick
- What does skerrick mean?
- Skerrick means a very small amount or portion; the least bit.
- What is skerrick in Tamil?
- Skerrick in Tamil is சிறுதுண்டு. See Skerrick meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use skerrick in a sentence?
- It had been filtered through porcelain and centrifuged until every last skerrick of life had succumbed.
- What part of speech is skerrick?
- Skerrick is a noun.
- How do you pronounce skerrick?
- Skerrick is pronounced /ˈskɛɹɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of skerrick?
- The plural of skerrick is skerricks.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: skerrick (page history and authors); skerrick (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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