spick

• IPA^(key): /spɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

spick (plural spicks)

1. Alternative spelling of spic

Variant of spike.

spick (plural spicks)

1. (obsolete) nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).

spick (comparative spicker, superlative spickest)

1. tidy; fresh

• spick-and-span

spick

1. Pronunciation spelling of speak.
   • 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night: A Romance [...] With the Author’s Final Revisions, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 243:

     “Spick Italiano?” he asked.
     “No.”
     “Spick Français?”
     “Oui,” said Dick, glowering.

• Picks, picks

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɪk/

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spick

1. singular imperative of spicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of spicken