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thick en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /θɪk/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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  • thĭk
  • /θɘk/ (New-Zealand)
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Etymology

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).

Meanings

  1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
    • The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival. 1861, Charles James Lever, A Day's Ride:
    • The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
    • I want some planks that are two inches thick.
  3. Heavy in build; thickset.
    • JJ loved “average hood girls”, Cody loved dark-skinned thick girls and Mooch lusted for yellow-boned skinny woman. 2009, Kenny Attaway, Nuthouse Love, page 82:
    • As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook. 2007, James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle:
    • He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
  4. Densely crowded or packed.
    • My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    • We walked through thick undergrowth.
  5. Having a viscous consistency.
    • My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
  6. Abounding in number.
    • Seashells lay thick on the beach.
    • The room was thick with reporters.
  7. Impenetrable to sight.
    • We drove through thick fog.
  8. (qualifier:Of an accent) Prominent, strong. ▸ Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
    • He answered me in his characteristically thick Creole patois.
  9. (qualifier:Of an accent) Prominent, strong. ▸ Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
    • We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
  10. (informal) Stupid.
    • He was as thick as two short planks.
  11. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
    • Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since 1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse:
    • They were as thick as thieves.
  12. Deep, intense, or profound.
    • Thick darkness.
  13. (literary) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
    • Thick prehistory also is interested in a much broader array of topics than the perennial sociological concern for how individuals relate to the collective and how social continuity and change occur in light of that relationship; thick prehistory addresses the social, biological, and psychological person. 2006, Christopher Carr, D. Troy Case, “The Gathering of Hopewell”, in Christopher Carr, D. Troy Case, editors, Gathering Hopewell: Society, Ritual, and Ritual Interaction, →ISBN, page 47:
    • Nor is his defence of market capitalism likely to persuade all his progressive friends, because no matter how much fairness is achieved through an application of the difference principle, they are reluctant to accept Tomasi’s defence of private property rights or a thick concept of economic freedom. 2021, Wanjiru Njoya, Economic Freedom and Social Justice: The Classical Ideal of Equality in Contexts of Racial Diversity, →ISBN, page 95:
    • A thick theory, such as libertarianism or socialism, is not appropriate as the basis for a constitution in a pluralistic society in which the people hold differing views about the good (or justice). 2013, John O. McGinnis, Michael B. Rappaport, Originalism and the Good Constitution, →ISBN, page 5:
  14. (UK, dated) Troublesome; unreasonable.
    • "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s." 1969, Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
    • “Screaming headlines in every paper in the country—damn all journalists, I say! Do you know there was a whole crowd staring in at the lodge gates this morning. Sort of Madame Tussaud’s chamber of horrors business that can be seen for nothing. Pretty thick, isn’t it?” 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 126:
  15. (of women, slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
    • A word to the thick soul sistas, I want to get with ya 1991, “Baby Got Back”, in Mack Daddy, performed by Sir Mix-a-Lot:

Forms

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thickest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

limpid · savvy · clear · knowledgeable · slender · clear as crystal · fluxive · lucid · free-flowing · pellucid · runny · rangy · tangible · intelligent · explicable · thin · clear · explainable · sleek · genius · loose · strait · gifted · comprehensible · thin · limpid · svelte · slim · smart · transparent · illuminable · fine · hivey · sharp · thin · crystalline · swack · svelte · hyaloid · free-flowing · thin · quick-witted · scholared · gracile · sylphlike · brainy · slender · graspable · spread out · scarce · leansome · fluid · scattered · watery · clear · fluent · noncompact · slight · hyaline · slim · piquant · lissome · wise · narrow · ingenious · sparse · see-through · clever · intelligible · transparent · runny · lithesome · transpicuous · sagacious · talented · thin · quick · glassy · slight · slender · uncompact · brilliant · quick on the uptake · perspicuous · sparse · gaunt · vitreous · whip-smart · smart · diaphanous · intellectual · intelligent · lithe · brainy · explicatable · incompact · diffuse · rational · slight · fathomable · serene · lean · perspicuous · keen · educated · astute · apprehensible · thin · slinky · willowy · filamentous · lucid · liquid · close · understandable · spaced out · slim · slim · flowy · pellucid · scant · lank · tight · unacquainted · lucid · straightforward · mobile · bright · dispersed

Deriveds

thick origami (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-headed (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-knee (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickbill (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickheaded (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as a brick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick and thin (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · paper-thick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick sandwich degree (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as champ (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · hyperthick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickshake (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickset (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-brained (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickneck (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as mince (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-billed crow (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick sandwich course (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · warty thick-toed gecko (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickflowing (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-billed longspur (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-skinned (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickness (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick on the ground (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickwitted (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickskull (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick around the middle (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick skin (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickhead (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick and threefold (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick end (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · have a thick head (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thicklips (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickleaf (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick tea (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thicko (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick space (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thicksome (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thicky (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-billed seedeater (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as a whale omelette (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-skinnedness (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-crust pizza (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-set (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick client (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick ear (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as a plank (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickie (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick of things (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickwit (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick translation (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-billed murre (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thicket (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · semithick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-horned nudibranch (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · spread it on thick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-skulled (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as pig shit (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickskin (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · ultrathick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as thieves (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick as two short planks (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · come thick and fast (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick stuff (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-un (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-billed green pigeon (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · blood is thicker than water (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-toed gecko (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick wind (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick lip (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thicknet (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickly (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-and-thin block (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · get through one's thick skull (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · in the thick of it (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickalicious (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · the thick plottens (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-witted (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-tailed bushbaby (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · slim-thick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thickish (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · lay it on thick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick-leaved poison (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · superthick (terms derived from thick (adjective)) · thick and fast (terms derived from thick (adjective))

Relateds

thic · thicc

Synonyms

dense · thick · dumb as a bag of hammers · tenebrose · inexplicable · adequate · luxuriant · red-hot · enigmatic · opacous · stupid · hammer-headed · treacly · unclever · bullet-headed · ass-brained · slow · unapprehensive · dumb · doltish · half-witted · fat · thick as two short planks · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · manysome · monosynaptic · thick · dumb as a doorknob · chunky · thick as pigshit · retarded · dozy · rife · purblind · thick as champ · beefheaded · slow on the uptake · thick as a whale omelette · viscid · unknowable · addlebrained · sharp as a bowling ball · comfortable · packed · thickwitted · chowderheaded · stolid · moronic · glutinous · thickset · lentous · friendly · dumb as a post · ignorant · dumb · solid · muttonheaded · Boeotian · pneumatic · not the sharpest crayon in the box · witless · well-endowed · wide · numbskulled · dumber than a box of rocks · beef-witted · sonsy · adiaphanous · soft · ridiculous · thick as two short planks · chubby · replete · incognizable · braindead · well-proportioned · crowded · swarming · feeble-minded · bottomless · smooth-brained · dim-witted · inane · curvy · idiotic · quarter-witted · thick as mince · unfathomable · unclear · impenetrable · thick · oafish · vacant · voluptuous · stiff · intellectually challenged · rockheaded · slow-witted · dense · dull-minded · bubbleheaded · mentally retarded · compact · lamebrained · thickheaded · fecund · fruitful · dense · dense · syrupy · fertile · beetle-headed · great · not the sharpest tool in the shed · brimming · obtuse · abundant · simple · opaque · embonpoint · imbecilic · curvaceous · intimate · dumber than a rock · chuckleheaded · stupid · galore · close-knit · dunderheaded · thick · wool-headed · cretinous · silly · dented · thick-skulled · dim-headed · dull · dense · dull-witted · stocky · inapprehensible · mysterious · vacuous · plenteous · fuzzy-minded · thick as a brick · luscious · thick · knuckleheaded · daft · numerous · uninformed · built · nontransparent · prolific · full-figured · undiscoverable · chummy · insolvable · thick as pig shit · sensual · slabby · empty-headed · crackbrained · inscrutable · toothsome · lowbrow · airheaded · insipid · viscous · peabrained · dense · fatheaded · dumb as an ox · sheep-headed · sufficient · dull-headed · juicy · Rubenesque · dumb as dirt · rich · shit-for-brains · wealthy · generous · teeming · wooden-headed · nitwitted · flea-brained · ample · dumb as a box of rocks · pally · half-brained · inenubilable · woolly-minded · broad · thick as a plank · addlepated · dim · overflowing · boneheaded · solid · Greek · obscure · dumb as a sack of hammers · broad · crowded · bottomless · incomprehensible · lunkheaded · abstruse · unsmart · opacular · fuzzy-headed · enough · thick · childish · goofy · pudding-headed · boofheaded · extreme · unexplainable · gooey · undecipherable · foolish · dim-bulb · overflowing · unintelligible · zaftig · bee-brained · bountiful · liberal · drowsy · cerebrally challenged · close · profuse · lavish · thicc · woolly-headed · dopey · blockheaded · glutinous · close · opaque · brainless · insoluble · retruse · abounding · ineffable · fathomless · lumpish · nonunderstandable · ungraspable · buxom · thick · tight · mentally challenged · puerile · copious · buffle-headed · teeming · viscose · solid · ununderstandable · mindless · viscous · unintelligent · curvesome · Chinese · thickflowing · pratty · thick · fuckwitted · plentiful · tight-knit · birdbrained · fat · insensible

Translations (395)

ru густо́й (impenetrable to sight) · yi דיק (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · lv biezs (densely crowded or packed) · xsr མཐུག་པུ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · cy tew (heavy in build) · gl testo (densely crowded or packed) · fa ستبر (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · is þéttur (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · lv biezs (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · sv grov (heavy in build) · bo ཐུག་པོ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · sv packad (densely crowded or packed) · sh гу̑ст (having a viscous consistency) · gd a thiughad (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · fr opaque (impenetrable to sight) · tg ғализ (having a viscous consistency) · my ထူ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · pt denso (impenetrable to sight) · te చిక్కని (having a viscous consistency) · sv trög (informal: stupid) · sl débeł (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · pt espesso (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · eve дирам (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · uk густи́й (impenetrable to sight) · it massiccio (heavy in build) · nn tjukk (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · vi dày (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gd tiugh (having a viscous consistency) · kpv сук (having a viscous consistency) · da tyk (having a viscous consistency) · zh ху (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dikke (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ky калың (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · zh 密集 (densely crowded or packed) · hi मोटा (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ko 농후하다 (having a viscous consistency) · te దట్టమైన (densely crowded or packed) · bg дебе́л (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · pt grosso (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gl espeso (abounding in number) · vi đặc (having a viscous consistency) · sk hustý (having a viscous consistency) · pl gruby (heavy in build) · sah суон (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · myv эчке (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · oc espés (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dikke (friendly, intimate) · os ставд (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ps پلند (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · fr See copains comme cochons (friendly, intimate) · mnc ᡨᡠᠮᡳᠨ (having a viscous consistency) · mba makapal (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fr épais (densely crowded or packed) · za gwd (having a viscous consistency) · ba тығыҙ (densely crowded or packed) · ccc s̈hawkolo (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fa انبوه (densely crowded or packed) · fo tjúkkur (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · bg гъст (densely crowded or packed) · fa وغیش (densely crowded or packed) · pl gęsty (having a viscous consistency) · es espeso (having a viscous consistency) · zh(heavy in build) · sq i trashë (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ug قېلىن (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · la crassus (heavy in build) · mk во дебе́лина (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · hu sűrű (having a viscous consistency) · sh gȗst (having a viscous consistency) · fa ستبر (heavy in build) · nl gezet (heavy in build) · pt espesso (densely crowded or packed) · km ក្រាស់ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl traag van begrip (informal: stupid) · sk tlstý (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · es acusado (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · sa बहुल (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · mk дебел (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ar غَلِيظ (informal: stupid) · ja 濃い (having a viscous consistency) · ml കട്ടി (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · ps ټينګ (having a viscous consistency) · zh 迟钝 (informal: stupid) · az qatı (having a viscous consistency) · rup gros (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · evn бургу (heavy in build) · ru густо́й (having a viscous consistency) · nl dichtopeengepakt (densely crowded or packed) · yue 濃 /浓 (having a viscous consistency) · be густы́ (having a viscous consistency) · bg дебе́л (heavy in build) · bh मोट (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · mk густ (having a viscous consistency) · gl espeso (having a viscous consistency) · nl dikke (having a viscous consistency) · fa ستبر (having a viscous consistency) · zza qelaq (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · wuu(relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · es anchuroso (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nb tykk (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · zh(having a viscous consistency) · mn зузаан (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · zh(measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · cu тлъстъ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · uk тупи́й (informal: stupid) · ko 두껍다 (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · orv тълстъ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl zware (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · eu lodi (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gd dlùth (densely crowded or packed) · cs hustý (impenetrable to sight) · sv tjock (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · fr lourdingue (informal: stupid) · my ထူထဲ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · rap matoru (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ltg bīzs (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dichte (impenetrable to sight) · nrf êpais (heavy in build) · zea dik (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gl mesto (densely crowded or packed) · liv sangdõ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ru то́лстый (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ja 密集した (densely crowded or packed) · de dick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · mt oħxon (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · es marcado (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · la crassus (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · dsb tłusty (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · za gwg (having a viscous consistency) · tg ғафс (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · kbd ӏувы (having a viscous consistency) · fr épais (heavy in build) · txb ātstse (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fa غلیظ (having a viscous consistency) · uz qalin (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ml കട്ടി (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · mrw makapal (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fi sakea (having a viscous consistency) · pt espesso (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · grc παχύς (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ab абнатә (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ca dens (densely crowded or packed) · dlm gruas (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · yue(having a viscous consistency) · ro gros (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ttj -kooto (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · hu testes (heavy in build) · it spesso (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · cy trwchus (heavy in build) · ar غَلِيظ (having a viscous consistency) · tr yoğun (having a viscous consistency) · sv tjock (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · tt калын (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · da tyk (heavy in build) · my ပျစ် (having a viscous consistency) · bg дебе́л (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dik (having a viscous consistency) · nl slome (informal: stupid) · pl gruby (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ill makapal (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · cs tlustý (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · hsb tołsty (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fr gros (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ru тупо́й (informal: stupid) · rup des (densely crowded or packed) · haw manoanoa (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fi täynnä (abounding in number) · ka სქელი (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fur grues (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · uk товсти́й (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · sv tjock (having a viscous consistency) · nl dikke (heavy in build) · gd a thighead (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · grc πυκνός (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · hy հաստ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · oc espés (having a viscous consistency) · za na (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nrf êpais (having a viscous consistency) · lo ຫນາ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · el πηχτός (having a viscous consistency) · sv tjock (heavy in build) · ka მსხვილი (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gd ann an tiughad (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · ja 鈍い (informal: stupid) · ko 짙다 (having a viscous consistency) · ru то́лстый (heavy in build) · fa کلفت (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · tr kalın (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · th หนา (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ja 太い (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · cy trwchus (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · kk қалың (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ar سَميك (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dichtopeengepakte (densely crowded or packed) · hak(relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ms pekat (having a viscous consistency) · ar سَمِيك (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · sh dèbeo (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · pt espesso (impenetrable to sight) · liv sangdi (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · tl makapal (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ba күп һанлы (abounding in number) · nl dik (friendly, intimate) · ms tebal (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · az qəliz (having a viscous consistency) · nl zwaar (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · ar ثَخين (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gd garbh (heavy in build) · mk на́биен (heavy in build) · hy հաստ (heavy in build) · fi tiheä (densely crowded or packed) · nb tjukk (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · es grueso (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ka სქელი (having a viscous consistency) · sga tiug (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · xal зузан (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fi paksu (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · tg ситабр (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ady ӏужъу (having a viscous consistency) · de dick (having a viscous consistency) · mnc ᠵᡳᡵᠠᠮᡳᠨ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ja 濃い (impenetrable to sight) · nl dicht (impenetrable to sight) · nl sloom (informal: stupid) · mk де́бел (heavy in build) · ja 太い (heavy in build) · km ជុក (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fa سفت (having a viscous consistency) · oc dens (densely crowded or packed) · nrf êpais (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ht pwès (having a viscous consistency) · ota قویو (having a viscous consistency) · sv tätt (densely crowded or packed) · sv tät (densely crowded or packed) · bn মোটা (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · et jäme (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ca gruixut (densely crowded or packed) · sah хойуу (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · rup spes (densely crowded or packed) · az qalın (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fi paksu (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · cs hustý (having a viscous consistency) · udm зӧк (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · csb grëbi (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dik (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ga tiubh (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fr See incompréhensible (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · pt grosso (heavy in build) · kw tew (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · lv resns (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dichte (densely crowded or packed) · bcl mahibog (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ota قویو (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · id kental (having a viscous consistency) · ca espès (having a viscous consistency) · ps ډبل (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ps ګڼ (abounding in number) · cs hustý (densely crowded or packed) · te మందమైన (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gl espeso (densely crowded or packed) · mdf эчке (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ps غټ (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · fa ضخیم (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · zh 濃 /浓 (impenetrable to sight) · ps ډبل (heavy in build) · ee tri (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gl testo (having a viscous consistency) · tet mahar (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ar كَثِيف (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · bo མཐུག་པོ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ota كور (densely crowded or packed) · fi paksu (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · cdo(relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ja 厚い (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · tk galyň (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · de dicht (densely crowded or packed) · es colipavo (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · af dik (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · cy twp (informal: stupid) · th ข้น (having a viscous consistency) · et paks (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · pdt dikj (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ckb ئەستوور (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · am ደንዳና (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · pt grosso (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · fi paksu (heavy in build) · bg тлъст (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ota یوغون (having a viscous consistency) · bua зузаан (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · bg гъст (having a viscous consistency) · chr ᎤᏩᎨᏓ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · za gud (having a viscous consistency) · mi mātotoru (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ar غَلِيظ (heavy in build) · jv kandel (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fr épais (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ady ӏужъу (densely crowded or packed) · ace teubai (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ce стомма (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gv çhiu (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fa چاق (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · kbd ӏувы (densely crowded or packed) · dsb gusty (having a viscous consistency) · be то́ўсты (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · rue тлустый (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fi samea (impenetrable to sight) · de dick (heavy in build) · cy trioglyd (having a viscous consistency) · ml കട്ടിയുള്ള (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ba ҡалын (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · fr épais (impenetrable to sight) · bg близък (friendly, intimate) · ja 混んだ (abounding in number) · id tebal (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · zh 濃 /浓 (having a viscous consistency) · sv tjock (impenetrable to sight) · ja 厚さ (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · fr dense (densely crowded or packed) · ro des (densely crowded or packed) · izh paksu (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ang þicce (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · yue(having a viscous consistency) · fa دفزک (having a viscous consistency) · fi tiheä (having a viscous consistency) · ru в толщину́ (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) · fr épais (having a viscous consistency) · es espeso (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · pt espesso (having a viscous consistency) · cs tlustý (heavy in build) · fa کلفت (heavy in build) · ckb سەخت (having a viscous consistency) · nl gezette (heavy in build) · sl góst (having a viscous consistency) · gd tiugh (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ht epè (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ps ګڼ (densely crowded or packed) · bg неясен (difficult to understand, poorly articulated) · nl dik (heavy in build) · ia spisse (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · mk густ (impenetrable to sight) · om furdaa (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · bg тъп (informal: stupid) · cy trwchus (having a viscous consistency) · el παχύς (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · uk густи́й (having a viscous consistency) · gld буйгу (heavy in build) · it pesante (heavy in build) · ro tulbure (impenetrable to sight) · eo dika (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · yue(relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ba ҡуйы (having a viscous consistency) · su kandel (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nl dicht (densely crowded or packed) · fr lourd (informal: stupid) · hy թանձր (having a viscous consistency) · hu vastag (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ar تخين (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ur موٹا (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · gd rotach (having a viscous consistency) · zh(relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · hu sűrű (densely crowded or packed) · hy թավ (densely crowded or packed) · kaw kandĕl (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · el παχύρρευστος (having a viscous consistency) · de plump (informal: stupid) · sv tät (impenetrable to sight) · da tyk (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · bg изобилен (abounding in number) · mi matatengi (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · az yoğun (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · grc πυκνός (densely crowded or packed) · sd ٿُلهو (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · inh сома (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · lt storas (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · pt estúpido (informal: stupid) · sa घन (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · evn дырам (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ca gros (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ccc tiki'tsa (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · mk тап (informal: stupid) · cs tlustý (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · he עבה (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · cy tew (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · nrf êpais (impenetrable to sight) · el χοντρός (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · zh(impenetrable to sight) · ps غټ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · zh 濃厚 /浓厚 (having a viscous consistency) · gld дирами (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · ja 厚い (heavy in build) · mdh makapal (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · mk зби́ен (densely crowded or packed) · ar غَلِيظ (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · eu mardul (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) · sh дѐбео (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)

thick en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /θɪk/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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  • thĭk
  • /θɘk/ (New-Zealand)
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Etymology

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).

Meanings

  1. In a thick manner.
    • Snow lay thick on the ground.
  2. Frequently or numerously.
    • The arrows flew thick and fast around us.

Forms

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Translations (9)

ja 厚く (in a thick manner) · ka სქლად (in a thick manner) · da tykt (in a thick manner) · fr épais (in a thick manner) · nl dik (in a thick manner) · fi paksuna (in a thick manner) · bg гъсто (in a thick manner) · ru гу́сто (in a thick manner) · mk густо (in a thick manner)

thick en · DET

Pronunciation

  • /θɪk/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio
  • thĭk
  • /θɘk/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of thilk (“that same”).
    alt of thilk

thick en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /θɪk/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio
  • thĭk
  • /θɘk/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).

Meanings

  1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
    • He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
  2. A thicket.
    • Through the thicke they heard one rudely rush. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
    • gloomy thicks 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
  3. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
    • If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks. 2014, Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All, page 100:

Forms

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Deriveds

in the thick of · through thick and thin · thick of thins

Translations (10)

mi haputa (most active or intense part of something) · hu sűrűje (most active or intense part of something) · pt grosso (most active or intense part of something) · mi oru (most active or intense part of something) · it folto (most active or intense part of something) · ml കടുപ്പം (most active or intense part of something) · ru суть (most active or intense part of something) · de mitten in (most active or intense part of something) · nl vuur van de strijd (most active or intense part of something) · ru гу́ща (most active or intense part of something)

thick en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /θɪk/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio
  • thĭk
  • /θɘk/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To thicken.
    • The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, chapter 3, in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, lines 193–194:
    • A wicked ambush , which lay hidden long In the close covert of her guilful eyen, Thence breaking forth , did thick about me throng 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet VII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:

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thicked Tense=Past lexicographic