Mommick
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mommick is a verb meaning (dialectal, transitive, including Ocracoke Island North Carolina) To harass or bother (someone or something).
Meaning
(dialectal, transitive, including Ocracoke Island North Carolina) To harass or bother (someone or something).
More Meanings
- (dialectal, transitive) To beat up or rough up (someone).
- (dialectal, Appalachia, Southern US, chiefly North Carolina) To mess up; to bungle or ruin by bungling.
- (dialectal, Appalachia, Southern US, chiefly North Carolina) A mess, a disorderly state or thing.
Example Sentences
"Mommick him up good, because you've got to go to jail anyhow."
"He was too mean for Hell, having people mommicked and gaumed up the way he did.”
And anyway, his presence seemed to mommick up electricity. So he stuck to walking.
I heard him hollar as he sank out of sight, "My Lord Honey, haint I been momicked this night."
Word Forms
- mommicks
- mommicking
- mommicked
- mommuck
Synonyms for mommick
Depending on context, synonyms include annoy, vex, aggravate, nettle, rankle, ruffle.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include commacerate, scrag, annoy, moider, hock, solicit.
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