icicle

[ ahy-si-kuhl ]

/ ˈaɪ sɪ kəl /

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noun

a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.

a thin strip of paper, plastic, or foil, usually silvery, for hanging on a Christmas tree as decoration.

a cold, unemotional person.

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Origin of icicle

before 1000; Middle English isikel,Old English īsgicel, equivalent to īsice + gicel icicle; akin to Old Norse jǫkul mass of ice, glacier

OTHER WORDS FROM icicle

i·ci·cled, adjective

Words nearby icicle

ichthyosaur, ichthyosaurus, ichthyosis, ICI, -ician, icicle, icily, iciness, icing, icing on the cake, icing sugar

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How to use icicle in a sentence

Hike up the ice-shrouded Onion River, whose trail is accessed via the Ray Berglund Wayside, before passing through a canyon lined with towering icicles.
15 Ways to Play in the Snow This Year|Megan Michelson|November 26, 2020|Outside Online
Is stabbing someone with an icicle really the perfect crime?
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm|Kelly Williams Brown|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The coldness of his body through the bag jolts me like an icicle through my heart.
Inside a Home Funeral|Melissa Roberts Weidman|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Or for that special lady, how about a $1,595 J. Crew icicle dress?
Extremely Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide|The Daily Beast|December 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The badge of the order was a ribbon, striped black, white and yellow, and the device something like an icicle.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It was only a long icicle, and all Jack had to do was to touch the reindeer with its point to make them run faster and faster.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
Then without warning the Icicle struck something frozen in the ice.
Ghost Beyond the Gate|Mildred A. Wirt
More than human he seemed, there under the icicle loom of the stern-post, his gray hair and beard rigid with ice.
The Valor of Cappen Varra|Poul William Anderson
As cool as an icicle, the man stretched himself out again, half on the deck and half in the cab of the launch.
The Hero of Panama|F. S. Brereton

British Dictionary definitions for icicle

icicle

/ (ˈaɪsɪkəl) /

noun

a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water

Derived forms of icicle

icicled, adjective

Word Origin for icicle

C14: from ice + ickel, from Old English gicel icicle, related to Old Norse jökull large piece of ice, glacier

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