icicle
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
a thin strip of paper, plastic, or foil, usually silvery, for hanging on a Christmas tree as decoration.
a cold, unemotional person.
Origin of icicle
1Other words from icicle
- i·ci·cled, adjective
Words Nearby icicle
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How to use icicle in a sentence
Hike up the ice-shrouded Onion River, whose trail is accessed via the Ray Berglund Wayside, before passing through a canyon lined with towering icicles.
Is stabbing someone with an icicle really the perfect crime?
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm | Kelly Williams Brown | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe coldness of his body through the bag jolts me like an icicle through my heart.
Or for that special lady, how about a $1,595 J. Crew icicle dress?
The badge of the order was a ribbon, striped black, white and yellow, and the device something like an icicle.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
It was only a long icicle, and all Jack had to do was to touch the reindeer with its point to make them run faster and faster.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonThen without warning the icicle struck something frozen in the ice.
Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. WirtMore than human he seemed, there under the icicle loom of the stern-post, his gray hair and beard rigid with ice.
The Valor of Cappen Varra | Poul William AndersonAs cool as an icicle, the man stretched himself out again, half on the deck and half in the cab of the launch.
The Hero of Panama | F. S. Brereton
British Dictionary definitions for icicle
/ (ˈaɪsɪkəl) /
a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
Origin of icicle
1Derived forms of icicle
- icicled, adjective
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