icicle
Americannoun
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a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
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a thin strip of paper, plastic, or foil, usually silvery, for hanging on a Christmas tree as decoration.
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a cold, unemotional person.
noun
Other Word Forms
- icicled adjective
Etymology
Origin of icicle
before 1000; Middle English isikel, Old English īsgicel, equivalent to īs ice + gicel icicle; akin to Old Norse jǫkul mass of ice, glacier
Example Sentences
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It was dubbed the 'icicle kick' and gained more than one billion views across social media.
From BBC
Not these knife-sharp crags and gaping gullies, these icicles taller than trees.
From Literature
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon
“It sounds like large water drops falling from a melting icicle and hitting a puddle. Is the poor old thing melting, too?”
From Literature
Huge icicles fringed the entrance and the roof.
From Literature
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