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Webster 1913 Edition
Sike
Sike
,Noun.
[AS.
sīc
. Cf. Sig
.] A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sike
,Verb.
I.
To sigh.
[Obs.]
That for his wife weepeth and
siketh
sore. Chaucer.
Sike
,Noun.
A sigh.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sike
SIK
, SIKE,Adj.
Definition 2024
sike
sike
See also: siké
English
Alternative forms
Noun
sike (plural sikes)
- A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
- The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike. — A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
Etymology 2
Variant of siche, a dialectal variant of sigh.
Verb
sike (third-person singular simple present sikes, present participle siking, simple past and past participle siked)
Noun
sike (plural sikes)
- (archaic) A sigh.
Etymology 3
Variant of psych.
Interjection
sike
- (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.