inwick

in·wick
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US, UK, Scotland/ɪnˈwɪk/

noun

A stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.

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inring
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Meanings

nouninwick (plural inwicks)

plural inwicks

  1. ball gamesA stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.

    Synonyms: inring

verbinwick (third-person singular simple present inwicks, present participle inwicking, simple past and past participle inwicked)

present singular third person inwicks · participle present inwicking · participle past inwicked · past inwicked

  1. transitiveball gamesTo play (one's stone) in a way that it rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.
  2. intransitiveball gamesTo play one's stone in a way that it rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.

Similar
inring

Origin

The noun is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; within’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from the noun; by surface analysis, in- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with inwick

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Anagrams

WinickWiknic
Cite this entry
APA

inwick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inwick

MLA

“inwick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inwick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inwick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inwick.

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