different between spack vs spick

English

Etymology

Possibly a contraction of spastic (as a term of abuse).

Pronunciation

Noun

spack (plural spacks)

1. (Britain slang, derogatory) A clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person.

   Synonyms: spacko, spaz

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:spack.

Derived terms

• spack attack

Related terms

• spacko
• spacka
• spacker
• spaz
• spastic

Anagrams

• packs

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German spak (“thin, dry, brittle”) from spake (“brushwood”). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (“tame, calm”) from an unknown source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pak/, [?pak?]
• Rhymes: -ak

Adjective

spack (comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)

1. (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
2. (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle

Declension

Related terms

• Spacken

Further reading

• “spack” in Duden online

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?k/

Etymology 1

From a stereotypical Latino/Hispanic pronunciation of speak.

Noun

spick (plural spicks)

1. (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Latino/Hispanic person.

Synonyms

• spic

Etymology 2

Variant of spike.

Noun

spick (plural spicks)

1. (obsolete) nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).

Adjective

spick (comparative spicker, superlative spickest)

1. tidy; fresh

Derived terms

• spick-and-span

Anagrams

• Picks, picks

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

spick

1. singular imperative of spicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of spicken