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The correct spelling is wick.
How to pronounce wick
/wɪk/
nounIPA: /wɪk/
Say it like: Wik
The correct spelling is wick. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, suc… For example: "Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke."
Usage Examples
“Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.”
“The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.”
“The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
- 2.Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
- 3.A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
- 4.A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
- 5.The penis.
verb
- 1.To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
- 2.(of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
- 3.To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
adjective
- 1.Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
- 2.(chiefly Yorkshire) (Of inanimate objects) resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).
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