English

Verb

fike ‎(third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To feign; dissemble; flatter.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fiken, fyken ‎(“to fidget, move about restlessly, hasten away”), from Old Norse fíkjast ‎(“to be eager or restless”), from fíka ‎(“to climb, move”). Cognate with Scots fyke ‎(“to move about restlessly, fidget, itch”), Norwegian fika ‎(“to strive, take trouble”), Icelandic fikinn ‎(“eager, greedy”). Related to fig and fidget.

Alternative forms

• fick
• fyke (Scotland)

Verb

fike ‎(third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)

1. (intransitive) To move about in a quick, uneasy way; be constantly in motion.
2. (transitive) To give trouble to; vex; perplex.

Noun

fike ‎(plural fikes)

1. Restlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance.
2. (Britain dialectal) Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.

Derived terms

• fikery
• fiky

Etymology 3

From Middle English fike, from Old English fīc ‎(“fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer, hemorrhoids”), from Proto-Germanic *fika, *figa ‎(“fig”), from Latin fīca, fīcus ‎(“fig, fig-tree”). Cognate with Dutch vijg ‎(“fig”), German Feige ‎(“fig”), Swedish fikon ‎(“fig”), Icelandic fikja ‎(“ficus”). More at fig.

Noun

fike ‎(plural fikes)

1. (obsolete) A fig.
2. (Britain dialectal) A sore place on the foot.