wick

Meaning

Noun

1. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre, 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. (slang) The penis.

Verb

1. To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
2. 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.

Adj

1. Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
2. resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).

Synonyms

fuse

candlewick

tinder

taper

lamp wick

fuze

filament

heart

❤️

igniter

inlet

kindling

lamp

lead

mantle

marrow

nucellus

pith

staple

stuffing

tampon

touch

touchwood

town

🏙️

village

hamlet

lantern wick

bosom

fusse

brand

close

cord

creek

dairy farm

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪk/

Etymology

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From Middle English weke, wicke (“wick”), from Old English wēoce (“wick”), from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”).
Compare West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”), Dutch wiek (“wing; propeller, blade; wick”), German Wieche (“wisp; wick”).