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Ick vs Gick - What's the difference?

ick | gick |

As nouns the difference between ick and gick

is that ick is (informal) Something distasteful while gick is excrement.

As an interjection ick

is an exclamation of disgust.

ick

English

Etymology 1

Interjection

(en-interj)!
  • An exclamation of disgust
    • Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and placed the frog on her hair! Ick !
    Synonyms
    * ew * ugh * yuck
    Related terms
    * icky

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) Something distasteful

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • (fish disease)
    • ----

    gick

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Ireland, slang) excrement Irish Essays by Denis Donoghue. Cambridge University Press, 2011. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-107-00690-4
  • * 1993 , Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha , Penguin Books, page 1:
    • If I did a gick in me pants he'd kill me! Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle. Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 978-1-440-67372-6.

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