"nikka" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɪkə/ Audio: En-au-nikka.ogg Forms: nikkas [plural], nikkaz [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə Etymology: Modification of nigger or nigga. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nikkaz}} nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)
  1. (slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger. Tags: slang Synonyms: nikkah
    Sense id: en-nikka-en-noun-LKB2bUGp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Modification of nigger or nigga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nikkas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikkaz",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "nikkaz"
      },
      "expansion": "nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2004, Arar Han, John Y. Hsu, Asian American X\nThen there's the wigga (wannabe nigga, to fit everyone), who will probably have all that AzN PrldE junk, yet call everyone \"nigga\" or \"nikka\" trying to be black."
        },
        {
          "text": "What's crackin' my nikka?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger."
      ],
      "id": "en-nikka-en-noun-LKB2bUGp",
      "links": [
        [
          "bowdlerization",
          "bowdlerization#English"
        ],
        [
          "nigga",
          "nigga#English"
        ],
        [
          "nigger",
          "nigger#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nikkah"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɪkə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-nikka.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-au-nikka.ogg/En-au-nikka.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-au-nikka.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkə"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "knicker"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nicker (non-rhotic)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nikka"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Modification of nigger or nigga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nikkas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikkaz",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "nikkaz"
      },
      "expansion": "nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪkə",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪkə/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2004, Arar Han, John Y. Hsu, Asian American X\nThen there's the wigga (wannabe nigga, to fit everyone), who will probably have all that AzN PrldE junk, yet call everyone \"nigga\" or \"nikka\" trying to be black."
        },
        {
          "text": "What's crackin' my nikka?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bowdlerization",
          "bowdlerization#English"
        ],
        [
          "nigga",
          "nigga#English"
        ],
        [
          "nigger",
          "nigger#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɪkə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-nikka.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-au-nikka.ogg/En-au-nikka.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-au-nikka.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkə"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "knicker"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nicker (non-rhotic)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nikkah"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nikka"
}

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