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In some senses, ick is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
intj
An exclamation of disgust.
Lizzie grabbed a frog out of the lake and put it in her hair! Ick!
An aside for those who think “ick” about goat milk: If there are no billy goats around to arouse those sex hormones, goat milk does not taste “goat-y.
noun
Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch.
Like it wasn't bad enough that I was soaked to the bone, now I had to lug an ick covered designer original across a puddle filled runway.
The UN, for its part, has suggested eating insects as a way of feeding those extra mouths, which may put the frankenmeat ick factor in perspective.
A feeling of revulsion.
to have the ick
And I was nodding, "Uh-huh," trying not to have an ick attack, worrying, Is my face giving something away?
Anything moaned about; a gripe.
How can you stand such an ick ?
Of course, the idea of drinking blood is a total ick right now, but I suppose once you—
adj
Icky; distasteful or unpleasant.
'It's a bit ick, to be honest, but Rochelle thought it would be funny. Last year we did dragon's diarrhoea, with Tia Maria and chocolate Angel Delight, but nobody would touch it.'
He thought she would be an embarrassment. That kind of made me feel a bit ick.