ick
ick Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used to express sudden disgust, distaste, or unpleasantness.
"Ick, there is still wet food stuck in the kitchen sink drain."
• noun
A sudden feeling of disgust or repulsion toward a romantic partner or love interest, often triggered by a minor or trivial habit.
"She got the ick after watching her date clap loudly when the airplane landed."
Something unpleasant, sticky, or disgusting in texture or appearance.
"He wiped the mysterious ick off the bottom of his shoe before stepping inside."
A variant spelling of ich, a common contagious protozoan disease of freshwater aquarium fish characterized by tiny white spots on the skin and gills.
"The aquarium owner quarantined the new guppies after noticing signs of ick on their fins."
• Rhymes for ick
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the mid-20th century as an imitative exclamation of distaste, the word was later popularized as a noun in late-1990s and 2010s television and dating culture to describe a sudden loss of romantic attraction.