Definitions for sheiks

sheiks sheik

Spelling: [sheek, sheyk]
IPA: /ʃik, ʃeɪk/

Sheiks is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in sheiks (ehikss).

Definitions for sheiks

noun

  1. Also, shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address.
  2. Slang. a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women.

Origin of sheiks

First recorded in 1570-80, sheik is from the Arabic word shaykh old man

Examples for sheiks

"Don't say any thing about it, sheik," Edgar said earnestly.

The hammock had been lowered to the ground, and Ali was holding the cup to the sheik's lips.

One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of sheik Adi ibn Musafir.

When the sheik woke, after two hours' sleep, he drank some broth.

Yezidis believe sheik Adi was the possible reincarnation of Tawuse Melek.

Certainly, sheik; it will not take him five minutes to make his preparations.

"You are friends now," the sheik said, with a tone of pleasure.

sheik Rogo used to say my mother was fair: she gave one son to Obama and the other to Osama.

The sheik seemed to keep his young fighter on hand for meetings with journalists.

“They are army, not militia,” the sheik repeated throughout our conversation.

Word Value for sheiks
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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