Definition of wicked. in English English dictionary
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- wick
- The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots
Fed close? Why, it's eaten into t' hard wick. (spoken of a pasture which has been fed very close).
- wick
- A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction
- wick
- A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions
Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
- wick
- To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action
The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
- wick
- Liveliness; life
I niver knew such an a thing afore in all my wick. — Ashby, 12 July 1875.
- wick
- A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones
- wick
- A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority
- wick
- 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.
- wick
- To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction
- wick
- Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick
I'll swop wi' him my poor dead horse for his wick. — Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, page 210.
- wick
- A farm, especially a dairy farm
- wick
- Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; e.g. a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain
- wick
- A maggot
- wicked
- Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying
That was a wicked guitar solo, bro!.
- wicked
- Infested with maggots
- wicked
- people who are wickedOxford dictionary
- wicked
- Simple past tense and past participle of wick
- wicked
- If you describe someone or something as wicked, you mean that they are rather naughty, but in a way that you find attractive or enjoyable. She had a wicked sense of humour
- wick
- {n} the cotton or snuff of a candle or lamp
- wicked
- {a} given to vice, bad, cursed, pernicious
- Wicked
- wicke
There is no rest for the wicked.
- There's no rest for the wicked.
There's no rest for the wicked.
- There is no rest for the wicked.
- Wicked
- wikke
- Wicked
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- wick
- The porous cord that delivers liquid fuel to the base of the flame for conversion to gases for burning
- wick
- Something that transports liquid by capillary action, usually a woven string, cord, or strap
- wick
- Strands of asbestos twisted together and used for making asbestos rope, packing for steam valves, and as a seal for oven or furnace doors
- wick
- The wick of a paraffin lamp or cigarette lighter is the part which supplies the fuel to the flame when it is lit
- wick
- To hit only a small portion of a stone
- wick
- woven fiber used in some hydroponic systems to draw nutrient to a plant's roots through capillary action
- wick
- A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick
- wick
- A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned
- wick
- A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players
- wick
- any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
- wick
- {i} bundle of fibers or string used in burning a candle or an oil lamp; cloth that draws up liquid by capillary action
- wick
- lively, mischievous or wicked
- wick
- To transmit liquid by capillary action
- wick
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- wick
- A length of fibre or cloth that feeds liquid from a reservoir to a drier end
- wick
- To convey liquid by capillary action
- wick
- The wick of a candle is the piece of string in it which burns when it is lit
- wick
- To strike a stone in an oblique direction
- wick
- [1] The action of flicking or blipping the throttle rapidly
- wick
- Part of a passive hydroponic system using a wick suspended in the nutrient solution, the nutrients pass up the wick and are absorbed by the medium and roots
- wick
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
- wick
- the characteristic of some fibers to absorb moisture while others do not
- wicked
- morally bad in principle or practice
- wicked
- {s} evil, bad mischievous; vicious, malicious; severe; unjustified; dangerous; unpleasant, vile
- wicked
- Excellent; wonderful
- wicked
- Having a wick
- wicked
- Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs
- wicked
- very, extremely
- wicked
- Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish
- wicked
- Evil or mischievous by nature; twisted
- wicked
- You use wicked to describe someone or something that is very bad and deliberately harmful to people. She described the shooting as a wicked attack She flew at me, shouting how wicked and evil I was. = evil
- wicked
- past participle of wick
- wicked
- having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person"
- wicked
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"
- wicked
- Having a wick; used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp
- wicked
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
- wicked
- past of wick
- wicked
- Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous
- wicked
- morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
- wicked
- bad lot