Siked vs Sized - What's the difference?
siked | sized |
(sike)
A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
(archaic) To sigh or sob.
(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.
Having a certain . Usually used in combination with an adverb.
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(size)
As verbs the difference between siked and sized
is that siked is (sike) while sized is (size).As an adjective sized is
having a certain usually used in combination with an adverb.siked
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *sike
English
Alternative forms
* sykeEtymology 1
From the northern form of (etyl) (see (sitch)), from (etyl). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare (m).Noun
(en noun)- The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike . — A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
Etymology 2
Variant of (siche).Verb
Etymology 3
Variant of (psych).Interjection
(en interjection)Anagrams
* ----sized
English
Adjective
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