icepick

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noun

A pointed tool, shaped like an awl, used for breaking ice.

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Meanings

nounicepick (plural icepicks)

plural icepicks · alternative ice pick · alternative ice-pick

  1. A pointed tool, shaped like an awl, used for breaking ice.
  2. attributiveA type of narrow and deep atrophic (indented) acne scar that resembles a puncture in the skin.
verbicepick (third-person singular simple present icepicks, present participle icepicking, simple past and past participle icepicked)

present singular third person icepicks · participle present icepicking · participle past icepicked · past icepicked · alternative ice pick · alternative ice-pick

  1. transitiveTo break or stab with an icepick.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian шило за лед
  • шило за лед (šilo za led)a pointed tool used for breaking ice
Chinese Mandarin 碎冰錐 /碎冰锥, 冰鑹 /冰镩
  • 碎冰錐 /碎冰锥 (suìbīngzhuī)a pointed tool used for breaking ice
  • 冰鑹 /冰镩 (bīngcuān)a pointed tool used for breaking ice
Czech sekáček na led
  • sekáček na leda pointed tool used for breaking ice
Danish issyl
  • issyla pointed tool used for breaking ice
Dutch ijspriem
  • ijspriema pointed tool used for breaking ice
Estonian tuur
  • tuura pointed tool used for breaking ice
Finnish naskali
  • naskalia pointed tool used for breaking ice
French pic à glace
  • pic à glacea pointed tool used for breaking ice
German Eispick
  • Eispicka pointed tool used for breaking ice
Irish bior oighir
  • bior oighira pointed tool used for breaking ice
Italian punteruolo da ghiaccio
  • punteruolo da ghiaccioa pointed tool used for breaking ice
Japanese アイスピック
  • アイスピック (aisupikku)a pointed tool used for breaking ice
Malay pemecah ais
  • pemecah aisa pointed tool used for breaking ice
Polish szpikulec
  • szpikuleca pointed tool used for breaking ice
Portuguese picador de gelo, quebrador de gelo
  • picador de geloa pointed tool used for breaking ice
  • quebrador de geloa pointed tool used for breaking ice
Russian пе́стик для ко́лки льда́, пешня
  • пе́стик для ко́лки льда́ (péstik dlja kólki lʹdá)a pointed tool used for breaking ice
  • пешня (pešnja)a pointed tool used for breaking ice
Spanish punzón de hielo, picahielos
  • punzón de hieloa pointed tool used for breaking ice
  • picahielosa pointed tool used for breaking ice
Cite this entry
APA

icepick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icepick

MLA

“icepick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icepick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “icepick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icepick.

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