spik

See also: spîk and Špik

English

Noun

spik (plural spiks)

1. Alternative spelling of spic
   • 2008, Dr. Kevin Leman, Have a New Kid by Friday, page 195:

     So it really got to me when my daughter went to kindergarten and came home saying, 'Mommy, what's a spik? Some kid called me a spik.'

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːk/

  Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

spik n (genitive singular spiks, uncountable)

1. blubber, especially of grindahvalur (pilot whale)

tvøst og spik

• whale meat and blubber (traditional meal)

Declension

Declension of spik (singular only)
n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	spik	spikið
accusative	spik	spikið
dative	spiki	spikinum
genitive	spiks	spiksins

Anagrams

• kips
• skip

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɪːk/

  Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

spik n (genitive singular spiks, nominative plural spik)

1. blubber (of whales, seals, etc.)
2. body fat, especially if excessive

Declension

declension of spik

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spik	spikið	spik	spikin
accusative	spik	spikið	spik	spikin
dative	spiki	spikinu	spikum	spikunum
genitive	spiks	spiksins	spika	spikanna

Anagrams

• skip

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

spik n (genitive spiks, plural spik)

1. blubber (of whales, seals, etc.)

Declension

  Declension of spik (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spik	spikit	spik	spikin
accusative	spik	spikit	spik	spikin
dative	spiki	spikinu	spikum	spikunum
genitive	spiks	spiksins	spika	spikanna

Descendants

• Faroese: spik
• Icelandic: spik

Anagrams

• skip

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spíkr, from Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːk/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

spik c

1. (countable or uncountable) nail; spike-shaped metal fastener
2. an (almost) fail-safe bet.
3. (horse gambling) a straight bet; betting on only a single horse in a race

   En spik i lopp 5.

   A straight bet in race 5.

4. hole in one (in miniature golf)
5. (in some compounds) completely, utterly
6. (glassblowing) a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe.

Declension

Declension of spik
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spik	spiken	spikar	spikarna
Genitive	spiks	spikens	spikars	spikarnas

Derived terms

• spiknykter (“cold sober”)
• spikrak

Related terms

• spika
• spikning

See also

• nubb (“tack”)

References

• spik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)