thick

English Online Dictionary. What means thick‎? What does thick mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thĭk
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /θɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /θɘk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Adjective

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

2. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

   Synonyms: broad; see also Thesaurus:wide

   Antonyms: slim, thin; see also Thesaurus:narrow
3. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

4. Heavy in build; thickset.

   Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset

   Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin; see also Thesaurus:slender

5. Densely crowded or packed.

   Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact

   Antonyms: sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse

7. Having a viscous consistency.

   Synonyms: glutinous, viscous; see also Thesaurus:viscous

   Antonyms: free-flowing, runny; see also Thesaurus:runny

8. Abounding in number.

   Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming; see also Thesaurus:plentiful

   Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight

9. Impenetrable to sight.

   Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid; see also Thesaurus:opaque

   Antonyms: thin, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent

10. (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
    1. Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.

    2. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.

       Synonyms: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

       Antonyms: clear, lucid; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

11. (informal) Stupid.

    Synonyms: dense, (informal) dumb, stupid, (vulgar slang) thick as pigshit, (slang) thick as two short planks; see also Thesaurus:stupid

    Antonyms: (informal) brainy, intelligent, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent

12. (informal) Friendly or intimate.

    Synonyms: (UK, informal) chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, (informal) pally, intimate, tight-knit

    Antonym: unacquainted
13. Deep, intense, or profound.

    Synonyms: great, extreme

14. (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
15. (UK, dated) Troublesome; unreasonable.
17. (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

    Alternative forms: (Internet slang) thicc, thic

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voluptuous

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

1. In a thick manner.

2. Frequently or numerously.

Translations

Noun

thick (plural thicks)

1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
2. A thicket.
3. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.

Derived terms

• in the thick of
• through thick and thin

Translations

Verb

thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:thicken

Determiner

thick

1. Alternative form of thilk (“that same”)

Yola

Noun

thick

1. Alternative form of titch

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129