- get on one's wick
- Vrb phrs. To annoy.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
get on one's wick
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get on one's wick/tits — vb British to irritate, annoy or vex. The wick in question, unknown to many speakers, is a now rather archaic shortening of Hamp ton Wick, rhyming slang for prick (which is nowadays more usually shortened to hampton). In spite of the implied… … Contemporary slang
Get on one's wick — irritate someone … Dictionary of Australian slang
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get on one's tits — vb British to irritate, annoy or vex. The wick in question, unknown to many speakers, is a now rather archaic shortening of Hamp ton Wick, rhyming slang for prick (which is nowadays more usually shortened to hampton). In spite of the implied… … Contemporary slang
wick, get on one's — Irritate one … A concise dictionary of English slang
wick — I. n 1. British the penis. This sense of the word combines the candle wick as a phallic image and the London rhyming slang phrase Hampton Wick (for prick). Hampton Wick is a small community in the Southwest London suburbs, familiar to cockneys of … Contemporary slang
Get one's wick wet — (of a man) to loose their virginity … Dictionary of Australian slang
get one's wick wet — Australian Slang (of a man) to loose their virginity … English dialects glossary
wick — 1. n. 1 a strip or thread of fibrous or spongy material feeding a flame with fuel in a candle, lamp, etc. 2 Surgery a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it. Phrases and idioms: dip one s wick coarse sl. (of a man) have sexual intercourse.… … Useful english dictionary
wick — wick1 noun 1》 a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter. 2》 Medicine a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it. verb absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action … English new terms dictionary
