sike

¹

or syke

[ sahyk ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. a small stream.
2. a gully or ditch, especially one that fills with water after a heavy rain.

sike

²

[ sahyk ]

interjection

1. a less common spelling variant of psych.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sike¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old Norse sīk “small stream, ditch, pond”; cognate with Old English sīc “rill,” Middle Low German sīk “puddle”; akin to Old High German seih “urine,” Old English sicerian “to ooze”

Origin of sike²

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

Tarn (a mountain pool), grain and sike (mountain streams) are also Scandinavian terms.

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If them as is left, should know waat's coom tiv'un, there'll be sike a revolution and rebel!

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A very brief exercise of Mr. Sike's art, sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice; and it soon stood wide open also.

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Page 50, changed "even raughed" to "even laughed" and "Sike's case" to "Sikes case."

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But whate remedy to releue vs your poore sike lame and sore bedemen?

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