icks
SayIKS/ɪks/
- 1Plural of ick.
By the third date, the icks had piled up faster than she could ignore them.
Some icks fade once you actually get to know a person.
Note
A plural that only some meanings of ick can take. The feeling of revulsion is countable, so a person can collect several icks, and slang gripes stack up the same way. The mass senses do not: something distasteful to touch, or the fish disease also spelled ich, stays singular. A tank of sick fish has ick, not icks.
icks is a form of ick
ick, noun: A feeling of revulsion or disgust toward someone or something. Full entry
- Forms
- ickicks plural
- Spelling
- ick → icks: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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