Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chi-ike

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: chi-ike
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Used as a salute or word of praise.

noun

A hearty, often light-heartedly sarcastic, greeting.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Obsolete; Slang

verb

To mock or jeer; to chiack.

British usage

Example Sentences

"I lifted my lamps and saw BILLY. We did a good chi-ike, you bet! “Watcher, BILLY, old buster!” says I,[…]"
"Uncle Frank wouldn′t have liked it, and I knew how the chaps would laugh and chi-ike me for chumming up with a silly old Chinky."
"Round about us windows began to bang upwards; a policeman on the corner looked away, pretending not to hear; a couple of tarts started to chi-ike us and then shut up suddenly."

Usage

Inflected Forms

chi-ikes (plural) chi-ikes (present, singular) chi-iking (participle, present) chi-iked (participle, past) chi-iked (past)

Questions

What does chi-ike mean?: Used as a salute or word of praise.

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