wick

wick is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Wich. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Alt. of Wich
2. noun. A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
3. intransitive verb. To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
4. noun. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

   Synonyms: taper

5. noun. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

   "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"

Synonyms

taper

Common word forms

wicks, wicked, wicken, wicker, wicking, wickless

Words from these letters

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