Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).

More definitions
  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Keep the bathroom spick-and-span.

    Тримайте туалет бездоганно чистим.

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  2. I want everything spick and span.

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  3. Great, today the floor will be spick and span.

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Origin

Variant of spike.

Variant of spike.

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Forms

plural: spicks
Singularspick
Pluralspicks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent:spicspik

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sphinxsphygmomanometerspiceB1spicyB1spiderB1spiderman
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