det
Meaning 1
Such.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Yorkshire
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Standard Lemma guide
sike
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Pronunciation
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/saɪk/
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rhymes with -aɪk
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homophone: psych
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homophone: cyc
intj
Meaning 2
Alternative form of psych.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, slang
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria, Scotland
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noun
Meaning 4
A sigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, archaic
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verb
Meaning 5
To sigh or sob.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, archaic
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History
Etymology
Pronunciation respelling of psych.
From Northern Middle English sike, from Old English sīċ (see sitch), possibly also from or related to Old Norse sík; both from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; trickle”). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare Scots sheuch.
From Middle English siken, from Old English sīcan (“to sigh”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan (“to sigh”). Doublet of sigh.