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yike

British  
/ jaɪk /

noun

  1. an argument, squabble, or fight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to argue, squabble, or fight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of yike

origin unknown

Example Sentences

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When you is in love, first you burns yike a furnace, an' en you shwivel up wiv the cold.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

"I yike wiotous wude people," said The Seraph with his face in the tumbler; the milk trickled down his chin.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

"I yike it," he said, "but I yike my wart better."

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

The Seraph was the first to recover, piping cheerfully— "I yike piwates!"

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

She was followed and gently reasoned with, but her only explanation was that she did n't "yike to eat wiv so many peoples."

From Polly Oliver's Problem by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

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