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thick
English
Alternative forms
- (meme slang: curvy): thicc
Etymology
From Middle English thicke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkw?, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?k
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /??k/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Adjective
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- Synonyms: broad; see also Thesaurus:wide
- Antonyms: slim, thin; see also Thesaurus:narrow
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset
- Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin; see also Thesaurus:slender
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
- Antonyms: sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Synonyms: glutinous, viscous; see also Thesaurus:viscous
- Antonyms: free-flowing, runny; see also Thesaurus:runny
- Abounding in number.
- Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming; see also Thesaurus:plentiful
- Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid; see also Thesaurus:opaque
- Antonyms: thin, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent
- (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- Synonyms: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: clear, lucid; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Synonyms: dense, (informal) dumb, stupid, (taboo slang) thick as pigshit, (slang) thick as two short planks; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- Antonyms: (informal) brainy, intelligent, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- Synonyms: (UK, informal) chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, (informal) pally, intimate, tight-knit
- Antonym: unacquainted
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse
- Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Synonyms: great, extreme
- (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable
- 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
- "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s."
- 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voluptuous
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- In a thick manner.
- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Frequently or numerously.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Translations
Noun
thick (plural thicks)
- The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
- He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
- A thicket.
- gloomy thicks
- (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
Derived terms
- in the thick of
- through thick and thin
Translations
Verb
thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:thicken
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thack
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?k, IPA(key): /?æk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle English thakken (“to stroke”), from Old English þaccian (“to touch gently, stroke, tap”), from Proto-Germanic *þakw?n? (“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh?g- (“to touch”), Proto-Indo-European *tag-, *ta?- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakol?n (“to stroke”), Old Norse þykkr (“a thwack, thump, blow”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tang? (“touch”). More at thwack, tangent.
Verb
thack (third-person singular simple present thacks, present participle thacking, simple past and past participle thacked)
- (transitive) To strike; thump; thwack.
Etymology 2
From Middle English thacce, from thakken (“to stroke”). See above.
Noun
thack (plural thacks)
- A stroke; a thwack.
Etymology 3
From Middle English thak, thakk, thakke, from Old English þæc, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þak?, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Cognate with Dutch dak, Low German Dack, Danish tag (“roof”), German Dach (“roof”), Old Norse þak (“thatch, roof”). Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek ?????? (stégos, “roof”). See also thatch and deck.
Noun
thack (countable and uncountable, plural thacks)
- the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically
Verb
thack (third-person singular simple present thacks, present participle thacking, simple past and past participle thacked)
- To cover a roof with thack.
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