Definitions for icicle

icicle i·ci·cle

Spelling: [ahy-si-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈaɪ sɪ kəl/

Icicle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in icicle (cceiil).

Definitions for icicle

noun

  1. a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
  2. a thin strip of paper, plastic, or foil, usually silvery, for hanging on a Christmas tree as decoration.
  3. a cold, unemotional person.

Origin of icicle

before 1000; Middle English isikel, Old English īsgicel, equivalent to īs ice + gicel icicle; akin to Old Norse jǫkul mass of ice, glacier

Examples for icicle

I have seen a great army thaw away like an icicle in the sunshine.

For a little he gazed at him in silence, and his look might have turned a sunbeam to an icicle.

Thou art hot-tempered and boyish, but I am cold as an icicle.

Jed was conscious of a cold sensation, like the touch of an icicle, up and down his spine.

Whenever I open my mouth it feels as if some one had stuffed an icicle in.

He doesn't say for how long, and acts the icicle in the presence of others.

The coldness of his body through the bag jolts me like an icicle through my heart.

Is stabbing someone with an icicle really the perfect crime?

An icicle hanging on one's nose is a simple sort of humour in any case.

"I hope you had a pleasant stroll this afternoon," came in icicle tones.

Word Value for icicle
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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