wick
adjective
1. (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
- as wick as an eel
- T' wickest young chap at ivver Ah seen.
- He's a strange wick bairn alus runnin' aboot.
noun
1. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
- the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it
Definition categories: man–made, cord
2. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
Similar word(s): taper
Definition categories: man–made, cord
Sentences with wick as a noun:
- Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
- I niver knew such an a thing afore in all my wick. — Ashby, 12 July 1875
- Fed close? Why, it's eaten into t' hard wick. (spoken of a pasture which has been fed very close)
verb
1. (transitive) To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
- The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
2. (intransitive, of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
- The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
3. (curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.