ick

Definitions


[ɪk], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- used to express disgust
(e.g: There are rats here? Ick!)


Phrases:

Origin:
1940s: probably imitative


[ɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an unpleasantly sticky or congealed substance
(e.g: she scrubbed the ick off the back of the stove)

- a sudden feeling of being repelled or disgusted by someone and no longer attracted to them
(e.g: I spent all day worrying if my chin spot had given her the ick)


Phrases:

Origin:
1940s: probably imitative




definition by Oxford Dictionaries