Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express horror, disgust, or repugnance.
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- interjection An exclamation of
disgust
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Examples
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Ok back to the mouse, using a toothpick, scrape the now loosened dirt/skin ick on the rollers off some will fall in the mouse but that is ok, when done reswab the rollers to complete the cleaning, let dry (1 min).
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David – You might want to wipe that spittle off your chin – ick!!!!
Think Progress » Cheney Falsely Claims No One ‘Anticipated The Level Of Violence’ In Iraq
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I mean, clearly, this is one of the most famous people ever to be tried, but there was something about the case, obviously the sexual nature, sort of what I would call the ick factor here.
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Gross, I know, but we need to get over the "ick" factor and hang-ups and cop to a larger truth: that something of the primitive exists in us all.
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Ms. Wallis is working on bringing a slaughterhouse to her state, but said her coalition first must overcome what she called "the 'ick' factor."
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I guess this proves that no matter how awesome I think a job may be ... there is always an "ick" factor.
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It's a constitutional "ick" test: how bad does the conflict of interest look?
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The "ick" factor is much higher for a circular the TTB issued March 23 and addressed to "wine producers, rectifiers, blenders, importers and wholesalers, and others concerned."
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And, they never have to unless they elect to do so -- making any objections in terms of the "ick" factor moot.
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"There's a little bit of an 'ick' factor for some people," said Karen Batra, spokeswoman for BIO, a 1,200-member organization of biotechnology companies.
Cloning of horses prompts debate over registering genetic duplicates
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