Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fidget; be restless.
- noun A flutter; a sharp twitch or pull.
- noun A curl of hair.
- In hawking, to wipe the beak after feeding.
Etymologies
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Examples
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McClellan has ripped Bush and his whole feak show administration a new one, only problem is McClellan is just as guilty as they are.
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Eskom officials are calling it a "feak accident" but at the power blackout which hit the Peninsula, the West Coast and Boland for over two hours on Friday crippled towns as far afield as
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He turned himself into a sideshow feak, and as goes the way of all sideshows, he's gone.
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**continyoos to luk pafettikly feak an weeble**…..
cheezburger rehab - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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On a certain morning, when one of them was leading the devotions, he prayed the Lord to 'have mercy on us, feak and weeble sinners.'"
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
reesetee commented on the word feak
A curling lock of hair, especially one that is dangling.
October 3, 2007
seanahan commented on the word feak
This is an ugly word for such a cute thing.
October 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word feak
It is, isn't it? I'd have thought it would be something like froodle. ;-)
October 4, 2007
skipvia commented on the word feak
I just ran across another definition of "feak" while doing a bit of sleuthing on feague. "Feak" is also obsolete British slang for "anus," which makes sense when you consider the meaning of "feague."
So in this sense, seanahan, it's an ugly word for a...ummm...non-cute thing.
November 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word feak
*carefully brushes dangling lock of hair away from forehead*
November 5, 2007
skipvia commented on the word feak
Har! Who knows where that lock has been?...
November 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word feak
*pouring entire bottle of shampoo on hair and scrubbing frantically*
November 5, 2007