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yike

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yike [jaɪk] Austral informal, archaic
n
an argument, squabble, or fight
vb (intr)
to argue, squabble, or fight
[origin unknown]
Translations
yike(s)
interj (dated esp US inf) → ach du Schande (inf)


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Vesper SJ, Dearborn DG, Yike I, Allan T, Sobolewski J, Hinkley SF, et al.
Churchillian jaw-jaw); yap/yip/yelp (mainly of dogs); yowlyowl (feline); yex, 'belch' (1629); yoop, 'convulsive sobbing' (1848); yike 'the woodpecker's call' (1891); yoicks, the fox-hunting call, imminently illegal in Britain; yah 'pseudo-phonetic representations of House of Commons ejaculations' (1886), reborn as a 1980s Yuppie affirmative.
Xi'an Yike Daxue Xuebao 8(3): 246-249 Zia-ul-Haque A, Qazi MH, Hamdard ME (1983a) Studies on the antifertility properties of active components isolated from seeds of A bras precatorius Lian.
 
 
 
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