vike

See also: vīķe, vīķē, and вике

English

Etymology

Respelling of the first part of the word.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

vike (plural vikes)

  1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Vicodin
    She's on vikes, so don't take her seriously today.

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse víka, víkja.

Verb

vike (present tense viker, past tense vek or veik, past participle veket, present participle vikende, imperative vik, passive vikes)

  1. to give away, yield
  2. to look away, turn aside, waver
  3. to recede, retreat
  4. to depart, go away, leave

vike (present tense viker, past tense vikte, past participle vikt, present participle vikende, imperative vik, passive vikes)

  1. to bend to the side
  2. (non-standard since 2005) alternative form of vikke

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • vika (strong verb)
  • vika, vikja, vikje (weak verb)

Etymology

From Old Norse víka, víkja, víkva.

Verb

vike (present tense vik, past tense veik, supine vike, past participle viken, present participle vikande, imperative vik)

  1. (intransitive) to give away, yield
  2. (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
  3. (intransitive) to recede, retreat
  4. (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave

vike (present tense viker, past tense vikte, past participle vikt, passive infinitive vikast, present participle vikande, imperative vik)

  1. (transitive) to cause to yield, make stray off a straight path
  2. (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vike (Cyrillic spelling вике)

  1. inflection of vika:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular
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