"fike" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English fiken, fyken (“to fidget, move about restlessly, hasten away”), from Old Norse fíkjast (“to be eager or restless”), from fíka (“to climb, move”). Cognate with Scots fyke (“to move about restlessly, fidget, itch”), Norwegian fika (“to strive, take trouble”), Icelandic fikinn (“eager, greedy”). Related to fig and fidget. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fiken}} Middle English fiken, {{der|en|non|fíkjast||to be eager or restless}} Old Norse fíkjast (“to be eager or restless”), {{cog|sco|fyke||to move about restlessly, fidget, itch}} Scots fyke (“to move about restlessly, fidget, itch”), {{cog|no|fika||to strive, take trouble}} Norwegian fika (“to strive, take trouble”), {{cog|is|fikinn||eager, greedy}} Icelandic fikinn (“eager, greedy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fike (plural fikes)
  1. Restlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance. Categories (lifeform): Fig trees
    Sense id: en-fike-en-noun-s4b-EzCW Disambiguation of Fig trees: 18 22 27 3 2 24 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 35 4 7 2 36 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 30 5 4 4 34 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 34 3 3 2 38 2
  2. (UK dialectal) Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Fig trees
    Sense id: en-fike-en-noun-YnSEHk98 Disambiguation of Fig trees: 18 22 27 3 2 24 2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 35 4 7 2 36 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 30 5 4 4 34 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 34 3 3 2 38 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fick, fyke [Scotland] Derived forms: fikery, fiky Related terms: fickle
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: fikes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English fike, from Old English fīc (“fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer, hemorrhoids”), from Proto-Germanic *fīkaz, *fīgō (“fig”), from Latin fīcus, fīca (“fig, fig-tree”). Cognate with Dutch vijg (“fig”), German Feige (“fig”), Swedish fikon (“fig”), Icelandic fikja (“ficus”). More at fig. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fike}} Middle English fike, {{inh|en|ang|fīc|t=fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer, hemorrhoids}} Old English fīc (“fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer, hemorrhoids”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *fīkaz, {{der|en|la|fīcus}} Latin fīcus, {{cog|nl|vijg|t=fig}} Dutch vijg (“fig”), {{cog|de|Feige|t=fig}} German Feige (“fig”), {{cog|sv|fikon|t=fig}} Swedish fikon (“fig”), {{cog|is|fikja|t=ficus}} Icelandic fikja (“ficus”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fike (plural fikes)
  1. (obsolete) A fig. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Fig trees
    Sense id: en-fike-en-noun-qBrxgJaw Disambiguation of Fig trees: 18 22 27 3 2 24 2
  2. (UK dialectal) A sore place on the foot. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-fike-en-noun-DTcgU0Hl Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: fikes [present, singular, third-person], fiking [participle, present], fiked [participle, past], fiked [past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English fiken (“to feign, dissemble, flatter”), from Old English fician (“to wheedle, flatter”) (also found in compound befician (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *fikōn, from Proto-Germanic *fikōną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (“ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad”). Related to Old English ġefic (“fraud, deceit, deception”), Old English fācen (“deceit, fraud, treachery, sin, evil, crime, blemish, fault”), Middle High German veichen (“dissembling, deceit, fraud”), Latin piget (“it irks, it annoys”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fiken||to feign, dissemble, flatter}} Middle English fiken (“to feign, dissemble, flatter”), {{inh|en|ang|fician|t=to wheedle, flatter}} Old English fician (“to wheedle, flatter”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fikōn}} Proto-West Germanic *fikōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fikōną|t=to deceive}} Proto-Germanic *fikōną (“to deceive”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peyǵ-||ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad}} Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (“ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad”), {{cog|ang|ġefic||fraud, deceit, deception}} Old English ġefic (“fraud, deceit, deception”), {{cog|ang|fācen||deceit, fraud, treachery, sin, evil, crime, blemish, fault}} Old English fācen (“deceit, fraud, treachery, sin, evil, crime, blemish, fault”), {{cog|gmh|veichen||dissembling, deceit, fraud}} Middle High German veichen (“dissembling, deceit, fraud”), {{cog|la|piget||it irks, it annoys}} Latin piget (“it irks, it annoys”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fike (third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To feign; dissemble; flatter. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-fike-en-verb-L5Iyl2qD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: fikes [present, singular, third-person], fiking [participle, present], fiked [participle, past], fiked [past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English fiken, fyken (“to fidget, move about restlessly, hasten away”), from Old Norse fíkjast (“to be eager or restless”), from fíka (“to climb, move”). Cognate with Scots fyke (“to move about restlessly, fidget, itch”), Norwegian fika (“to strive, take trouble”), Icelandic fikinn (“eager, greedy”). Related to fig and fidget. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fiken}} Middle English fiken, {{der|en|non|fíkjast||to be eager or restless}} Old Norse fíkjast (“to be eager or restless”), {{cog|sco|fyke||to move about restlessly, fidget, itch}} Scots fyke (“to move about restlessly, fidget, itch”), {{cog|no|fika||to strive, take trouble}} Norwegian fika (“to strive, take trouble”), {{cog|is|fikinn||eager, greedy}} Icelandic fikinn (“eager, greedy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fike (third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)
  1. (intransitive) To move about in a quick, uneasy way; be constantly in motion. Tags: intransitive Categories (lifeform): Fig trees
    Sense id: en-fike-en-verb-Fytt88ns Disambiguation of Fig trees: 18 22 27 3 2 24 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 35 4 7 2 36 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 30 5 4 4 34 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 34 3 3 2 38 2
  2. (transitive) To give trouble to; vex; perplex. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fike-en-verb-lCM9uJkf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fick, fyke [Scotland]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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