syke

Interjection

(originally US, informal or slang)

1. (attributive, informal, often, slang, transitive) Used to indicate jokingly that a statement which one has made was false and that one has successfully fooled the person whom one is speaking to; just kidding!, not!, tricked you!
   • Here, have fifty dollars. Psych! That was two dollars!
2. (attributive, informal, often, slang, transitive) Used to express surprised happiness; wow!
   • Psych! I just found my missing bracelet!

   Synonyms:

   adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora, bless my heart, bless my soul

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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.

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