wick

Meaning of wick

noun

a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter.

verb
  1. absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
    garments that wick moisture away from the skin

Old English wēoce, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wiek and German Wieche ‘wick yarn’.

noun
  1. a town, hamlet, or district.
    Hampton Wick
    Warwick
  2. a dairy farm.

Old English wīc ‘dwelling place’, probably based on Latin vicus ‘street, village’.

adjective
  1. quick, lively, or active.
    Martha's approaching her century and as wick as a flea

mid 18th century: variant of quick.

Information about wick

  • The plural form of wick is: wicks.
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Hyphenation of wick

wick

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • wick is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wick synonyms

Meaning taper:

taper

Translation of wick

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