Wick?

garinda

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Has anyone else heard the term 'wick', when referring to something that's infested.

'Her head was wick wi' nits', being one example.

I'm either really dense, and have used a wrong spelling, because I can't see it in any Thesaurus as a synonym for infested, or it's purely a local term that I've heard.

Anyone else heard of 'wick' meaning crawling with wee beasties?
 
Yes, it is also used by electrical and electronic engineers, Is that circuit wick?

i.e. Is it live? is the power on?
 
I know 'wick' to mean that.
I have just looked here-
Lancashire Dialect Glossary
and found it to be an old dialect word meaning 'alive'
Wick— alive ‘It’s said ‘I’m fain I’m wick to-day – Tick-Tock’
 
nah probably just outa fashion when you were at school, god i hate young uns.:D;)
 
Yep heard the term Wick on a daily basis when i was much younger:rolleyes:
now i use the word wick to describe a active child,doesnt sound nice thinking it could also mean that their head is crawling,
 
garinda said:
Thanks. :)

Thought I was goin' a bit tapped.:D
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No, you are not "tapped" ... I remember "wick" ... as I understood it, it meant "alive" .... this would account for the "infested" meaning .....
 
A couple of weeks ago I said the dog was wick, the missus ( she's Aussie ) said what does that mean, I was trying to catch the dog, he dos'nt like a bath. We used it all the time as a kid.
 
Yes.....still use it today......in something like..... 'you must be wick' when you don't feel the cold ....said to be derived from the fact that dogs have temperature above that of a human (so you must have a higher body temperature) and used to be used as a draw for fleas(hence the term 'lapdog) from the ladies of olden times who were 'wick' with fleas and lice.

Sorry for such a long winded explanation.
 
I used it in preston same as garinda means... infested, full of... its wick with....
 
Yes i heard it on a regular basis when i was younger in the infestation sense. My parents also use it as: You're getting on my wick!!
 
Lolly said:
Yes i heard it on a regular basis when i was younger in the infestation sense. My parents also use it as: You're getting on my wick!!
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think everybodys parents musta used it lolly.:D;) though can't think why mine did.?
 
Think that Less'es Avatar has gone a bit Wick recently:D
 
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