Definitions for colic

colic col·ic

Spelling: [kol-ik]
IPA: /ˈkɒl ɪk/

Colic is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in colic (ccilo).

Definitions for colic

noun

  1. paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or affecting the colon or the bowels.

Origin of colic

1400-50; late Middle English colike (Middle French colique) Latin colica (passiō) (suffering) of the colon Greek kolikós, equivalent to kól(on) colon2 + -

Examples for colic

And sometimes I have sharp pains in the stomach, as if I had the colic.

But college is not like some sort of all-purpose herbal supplement that cures bunions and also colic; it teaches specific skills.

Tell him to give you something for colic—the result of vegetable poisoning.

Catherine declared that he died of colic "with the blood flying to the brains."

And neither is paregoric to be administered wholesale for colic.

He had been fed with hot bread that he might suffer from colic.

The pain of colic is relieved by gentle pressure and gentle rubbing.

And in my first memory, I am a toddler kneading that taut skin, easing my colic into sleep.

He's as old as old what's-his-name who ate grass and died of a colic, in the Bible.

It may follow an attack of colic or accompany any acute illness.

Word Value for colic
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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