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ice pick

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ice pick
n.
A pointed awl for chipping or breaking ice.
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Noun1.ice pickice pick - pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice
icepick
pick - a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
Translations
Spanish ice pick n → piolet m
French ice pick n → pic m à glace
German ice pick ice n → Eispickel m
Italian ice pick n → piccone m per ghiaccio
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If you needed a little pre-Katrina warning that all was not well at the Department of Homeland Security, consider its proposal, announced in August, to permit airline passengers to carry ice picks and knives less than five inches in length.
The Ice pick's just in case the wings freeze over by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
Using a test swatch of four layers of untreated Kevlar--the normal thickness of body armor--Wetzel is able to stab an ice pick through the fabric.
Army news service (April 4, 2005): science on the battlefield by Jewell, Lorie / Defense AT & L
7 last year read: ``I am going to pound your head with an ice pick,'' and another stated, ``Faggot, I am going to kill you.
HARVARD-WESTLAKE SUED OVER THREATS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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