icker

[ ik-er ]

/ ˈɪk ər /

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noun Scot.

the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.

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Origin of icker

1505–15; Scots form of ear², continuing Old English æhher, eher (Northumbrian dial.)

Words nearby icker

icing, icing on the cake, icing sugar, ICJ, ick, icker, Ickes, ickle, icky, icon, iconic

How to use icker in a sentence

Foss′icker, a mining gleaner who works over old diggings, and scratches about in the beds of creeks; Foss′icking.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Mim′icker; Mim′icry, act of mimicking: an imitative resemblance in one animal to another or to some inanimate object.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various