Wick

Quick meaning: Wick is a noun meaning (countable, euphemistic, slang) Often in dip one's wick: the penis.

Meaning

(countable, euphemistic, slang) Often in dip one's wick: the penis.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
2. Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
3. Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.
4. (countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
5. (obsolete except dialectal) A hamlet or village; also, a town.
6. (obsolete except dialectal, chiefly East Anglia and Essex) A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.
7. (obsolete) An enclosed piece of land; a close.

Example Sentences

Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.

The dice went rattling on; the candles were burning dim, with great long wicks.

But true it is that vvhen the oyle is ſpent, / The light goes out, and vveeke is throvvne away; […]

And thus they spend / The little vvick of life's poor ſhallovv lamp, / In playing tricks vvith nature, giving lavvs / To diſtant vvorlds and trifling their ovvn.

Word Forms

• wicks
• wicking
• wicked
• wicker
• wickest

Synonyms for wick

Depending on context, synonyms include quick, port, taper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include taper, lamp, petrol, gasoline, fuse, lock.

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