yiken.1
/jʌɪk/ An imitation of the cry of the woodpecker.
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yike1892
1892 D. Jordan Within Hour of London xi. 193 [The green woodpecker] making the woods ring with his maniacal yikes!
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yike v.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of woodpecker)
yike1889
yaffle-
1889 D. Jordan & J. A. Owen Woodland, Moor & Stream 38 The yikeing laugh of the green woodpecker.
1892 D. Jordan Forest Tithes (1893) 126 The yaffle shins about, yells, laughs, and yikes to his heart's content.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
yiken.2
/jʌɪk/, U.S. /jaɪk/, Australian English /jɑek/ Australian slang.
An argument, a dispute; a fight, a brawl. Occasionally as v. intransitive.
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]
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to try a friskin1675
to battle it1821
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scrap1874
to mix it1905
dogfight1929
yike1940
to go upside (someone's) head1970
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight
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push and shove1895
bagarre1897
stoush1908
dogfight1910
bundle1936
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yike1940
bassa-bassa1956
punch-up1958
thump-up1967
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of
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yike1976
stand-up2005
1940 Mod. Standard Eng. Dict. (rev. ed.) 697/2 Yike, v. to fight.
1945 R. Rene Mo's Mem. 186 There's that tram connie having a yike with a drunk.
1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 86 It was a pretty good yike while it lasted.
1952 T. A. G. Hungerford Ridge & River 213 Don't let's yike about it.
1964 G. Johnston My Brother Jack 244 Sorry your party ended up in a yike.
1976 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 11 Apr. 6/2 ALP circles have scoffed at suggestions of a political ‘yike’ between State Opposition Leader Tom Burns and TLC chief Egerton.
1984 Business Rev. Weekly (Australia) 7–13 Jan. 18/1 We have had a couple of small yikes, mainly on things like contract prices.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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