Thick - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |θɪk|  American pronunciation of the word thick
Brit.  |θɪk|  British pronunciation of the word thick

noun

- the location of something surrounded by other things (syn: midst)

adjective

- having component parts closely crowded together
thick crowds
a thick forest
thick hair
- spoken as if with a thick tongue (syn: slurred)
the thick speech of a drunkard
- having a short and solid form or stature (syn: compact, stocky, thickset)
a thickset young man
- hard to pass through because of dense growth (syn: dense)
thick woods
- (of darkness) densely dark (syn: deep)
thick night
thick darkness
- (used informally) associated on close terms (syn: chummy)
the two were thick as thieves for months
- (used informally) stupid (syn: fatheaded, thick-skulled, thickheaded)
- abounding; having a lot of
the top was thick with dust

adverb

- with a thick consistency (syn: thickly)
the blood was flowing thick
- in quick succession (syn: thickly)
misfortunes come fast and thick

Extra examples

The planks were two inches thick.

The log was 12 inches thick.

The recipe calls for one cup of mushrooms sliced {frac1 inch thick.

She has thick, curly hair.

The fog was thick this morning.

Apples hung thick on the trees.

...in the thick of winter many Northerners are dreaming of tropical islands...

A very dull, dark thick morning.

She's sort of thick.

The men soon found themselves in the thick of the battle.

The snow lay thick upon the ground.

I sliced the bread thick.

A likely place for the nest is near the banks of a stream, where the bushes grow thick.

Doubts came thick upon him.

He was wearing thick glasses.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: thicker
superlative: thickest
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