huik

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦœy̯k/
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  • Hyphenation: huik
  • Rhymes: -œy̯k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hoyke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

huik f or m (plural huiken, diminutive huikje n)

  1. (dated, historical) sleeveless cape or coat
  2. (dated, dialectal, nautical) canvas cover
  3. (dated, chiefly diminutive) calyptra
Derived terms
Descendants
  • huque

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

huik

  1. first-person singular present indicative of huiken
  2. imperative of huiken

Scots

Etymology

From Old English hyċġan (to think about, to consider), from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (think, consider).

Verb

huik (third-person singular present huiks, present participle huikin, past huikt, past participle huikt)

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    • 1837-1901, Cranstoun, James, editor, Satirical poems of the time of the reformation, Edinburgh; London: W. Blackwood and sons, published 1891, page 128:
      Tak thay not tent he will not huik it,
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
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