ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sike

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /saɪk/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sike is a noun meaning (Yorkshire) Such.

Meaning

(Yorkshire) Such.

More Meanings

  1. (Scotland, Northumbria) A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.
  2. (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.
  3. (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.
  4. (slang) Alternative form of psych.

Example Sentences

She macks sike warke.
[...] a great gathering o' their folk at the Miry-sikes, […]
It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh;[…]
The swankies lap thro' mire and syke, Wow as their heads did birr!

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Related dictionary entries include cisco, syke, sipe, sitch, strand, gutters.

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