wick
Meaning of wick
noun
a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter.
verb- absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
garments that wick moisture away from the skin
Old English wēoce, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wiek and German Wieche ‘wick yarn’.
noun- a town, hamlet, or district.
Hampton Wick
Warwick
- a dairy farm.
Old English wīc ‘dwelling place’, probably based on Latin vicus ‘street, village’.
adjective- quick, lively, or active.
Martha's approaching her century and as wick as a flea
mid 18th century: variant of quick.
Information about wick
- The plural form of wick is: wicks.
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Hyphenation of wick
wick
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- wick is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wick synonyms
Meaning taper:
Translation of wick
- German: Docht
- Spanish: mecha
- French: mèche
- Italian: stoppino, lucignolo
- Portuguese: torcida, pavio, mecha
Words that rhyme with wick
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