wick is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
wick wicks
    A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
    • Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
    Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
    (curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
wick wicks wicking wicked wicked
    (transitive) To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
    • The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
    (intransitive of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
    • The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
    (curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.

Adjective (COMPARABLE)

Comparative Superlative
wicker or more wick wickest or most wick
    (British dialect pejorative chiefly Yorkshire) Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
    • as wick as an eel
    (British dialect pejorative chiefly Yorkshire of inanimate objects) resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).

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