laik

/ leɪk /

verb

1. whenintr, often foll by about to play (a game, etc)
2. intr to be on holiday, esp to take a day off work
3. intr to be unemployed

Word History and Origins

Origin of laik¹

C14: leiken, from Old Norse leika; related to Old English lacan to manoeuvre; compare lark ²

Example Sentences

Why, it feel laik somebody done gone an' stick a icicle down mah back, that's what it do, fo' suah!

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An' if anybody tries t' do any funny work, I'll squeeze 'em laik a grizzly bear!

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"It done feel jest laik a burn," remarked Johnson as he drew on his mitten again.

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"Looks laik she cut out fer 'n ole maid," declared a gray-haired mammy.

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"'Pears laik everybody been daid and buried but Mas'r Louis," said old Chloe.

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