laik

British  

/ leɪk /

verb

1. to play (a game, etc)

2. (intr) to be on holiday, esp to take a day off work

3. (intr) to be unemployed

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Etymology

Origin of laik

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

laik

Sapos yu sorri long ol dispela pikinini na yu laik givim liklik moni bilong halivim ol, yu ken givim long kommitti bilong yu or biringim sitaret igo long Distrik officer long Kiap.

From Time Magazine Archive

That cyclone," began Seth all over again, "came flyin' along black as night and thunderin' laik mad and caught up the whole herd of peccaries.

From The Way of the Wind by Zoe Anderson Norris

I's done some deteckertiff wuk, lest laik I said I'd do, an' I's cotched him!

From Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam by Victor [pseud.] Appleton

A gleam o' joy coom o'er his face    When he heeard ther patterin feet, For he loved to laik wi th' little bairns    An he did the thing 'at's reet.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by John Hartley

Awst be better when spring comes, aw think,    But aw feel varry sickly an waik, Awve noa relish for mait nor for drink,    An awm ommost too weary to laik.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by John Hartley

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