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

Example Sentences

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

An' de train rocks so, laik a cradle, dat I done most upsot ebery time.

From The Bobbsey Twins at Home by Hope, Laura Lee

If they goa aght to laik, shoo storms    Abaat her looanly state; If they stop in, then shoo declares    They're allus in her gate.

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 Hartley, John

Ther wor painters, an' glazzeners too, To mend up each bit ov a braik, An' a lot 'at had nowt else to do, But to help some o'th 'tothers to laik.

From Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series To which is added The Cream of Wit and Humour from his Popular Writings by Hartley, John

Aw've wark, as mich as aw can do,— Sometimes aw laik a day or two,— Mi wage is nobbut small, but yet, Aw manage to keep aght o' debt.

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 Hartley, John