adj
Meaning 1
Icky; distasteful or unpleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Standard Lemma guide
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rhymes with -ɪk
intj
Meaning 2
An exclamation of disgust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!
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noun
Meaning 3
Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A feeling of revulsion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Examples
- to have the ick
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noun
Meaning 5
Anything moaned about; a gripe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of ich (“fish disease”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of inhibitor cystine knot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology
Back-formation from icky.
Probably imitative. First use appears c. 1942.
Probably a pronunciation spelling, but no doubt influenced by the other etymologies and distaste for the disease.