vike

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See also: vīķe, vīķē, and вике

English

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Etymology

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Respelling of the first part of the word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vike (plural vikes)

  1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Vicodin
    She's on vikes, so don't take her seriously today.

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse víka, víkja.

Verb

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vike (present tense viker, past tense vek or veik, past participle veket, present participle vikende, imperative vik, passive vikes)

  1. to give away, yield
  2. to look away, turn aside, waver
  3. to recede, retreat
  4. to depart, go away, leave

vike (present tense viker, past tense vikte, past participle vikt, present participle vikende, imperative vik, passive vikes)

  1. to bend to the side
  2. (non-standard since 2005) alternative form of vikke

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse víka, víkja, víkva.

Verb

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vike (present tense vik, past tense veik, supine vike, past participle viken, present participle vikande, imperative vik)

  1. (intransitive) to give away, yield
  2. (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
  3. (intransitive) to recede, retreat
  4. (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave

vike (present tense viker, past tense vikte, past participle vikt, passive infinitive vikast, present participle vikande, imperative vik)

  1. (transitive) to cause to yield, make stray off a straight path
  2. (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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vike (Cyrillic spelling вике)

  1. inflection of vika:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular