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blimey | wicked |

As an interjection blimey

is Expressing anger, surprise, excitement, etc.

As an adjective wicked is

evil or mischievous by nature.

As an adverb wicked is

very, extremely.

As a noun wicked is

people who are wicked..

As a verb wicked is

past tense of wick.

blimey

English

Alternative forms

* blimy

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
    • Blimey ! I didn't see that!
  • * 1945 , , British Mysteries'', in ''The Kenneth Roberts Reader , 2002, page 191,
    • “Blimey'!” he says in his rough, shepherd's voice, “' blimey , but it?s cruel ?ard to be chucked out of one?s digs wivout a blarsted word!”
  • * 2007 , Penny Vincenzi, The Dilemma , page 311,
    • ‘Blimey ,’ said Barnaby. ‘Come on, Jack, quick as you can.’
    ‘Blimey',’ said Jack. ‘' Blimey blimey blimey .’
  • * 2011 , Duncan Campbell, If It Bleeds , unnumbered page,
    • ‘Blimey ,’ said Laurie. ‘But how would he know that the Old Bill are going to swallow that? It?s a bit bloody obvious that someone must have planted it on Petrov, isn?t it?’

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from blimey) * blimey O'Reilly * blimey O'Riley * cor blimey * gawd blimey * gorblimey

    See also

    * eff and blind

    wicked

    English

    Etymology 1

    1225-75 (etyl) wikked, wikke, an alteration of wicke, adjectival use of (etyl)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Evil or mischievous by nature.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
  • (slang)  Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
    • Usage notes
    * Nouns to which "wicked" is often applied: witch, person, man, woman, angel, deed, act, pleasure, delight, game, way, night, word.
    Synonyms
    * (evil or mischievous) evil, immoral, malevolent, malicious, nefarious, twisted, villainous, See also * awesome, bad, cool, dope, excellent, far out, groovy, hot, rad, See also
    Derived terms
    * wickedly * wickedness * wicked tongue

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang, New England, British) Very, extremely.
    • The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!
    Synonyms
    * hella, helluv (primarily Northern California slang )

    Noun

  • People who are wicked.Oxford dictionary [http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/wicked_2].

    • Etymology 2

    See (wick)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wick)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a wick.
    • a two-wicked lamp
  • (British, dialect, chiefly, Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.

    • References

    English degree adverbs English heteronyms English intensifiers