vike
English edit
Etymology edit
Respelling of the first part of the word.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɪk
Noun edit
vike (plural vikes)
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) Vicodin
- She's on vikes, so don't take her seriously today.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
vike (present tense viker, past tense vek or veik, past participle veket, present participle vikende, imperative vik, passive vikes)
vike (present tense viker, past tense vikte, past participle vikt, present participle vikende, imperative vik, passive vikes)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse víka, víkja, víkva.
Verb edit
vike (present tense vik, past tense veik, supine vike, past participle viken, present participle vikande, imperative vik)
- (intransitive) to give away, yield
- (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
- (intransitive) to recede, retreat
- (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave
vike (present tense viker, past tense vikte, past participle vikt, passive infinitive vikast, present participle vikande, imperative vik)
- (transitive) to cause to yield, make stray off a straight path
- (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)
References edit
- “vike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
vike (Cyrillic spelling вике)
- inflection of vika: