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piikki.

prickle, prick (small, sharp pointed object)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpiːkːi/[ˈpiːkːi]
  1. prickle, prick (small, sharp pointed object)

  2. Any of a number of small and sharp objects: spike (very large nail or something resembling it in shape)

  3. Any of a number of small and sharp objects: tine, prong (thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool)

  4. Any of a number of small and sharp objects: awl (pointed tool)

  5. Any of a number of small and sharp objects: spindle (upright spike for holding papers)

  6. Any of a number of small and sharp objects: point (object with sharp tip)

  7. Any of a number of small and sharp objects: syringe needle syringe

    broadly · colloquial
  8. Any of a number of small and sharp objects: syringe needle vaccination, shot

    broadly · colloquial
  9. Any of a number of small and sharp natural features: thorn, spine

  10. Any of a number of small and sharp natural features: thorn

    broadly · figuratively
    piikkinä lihassa
  11. Any of a number of small and sharp natural features: quill (sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog)

  12. Any of a number of small and sharp natural features: ray (bony reinforcing in a fish's fin)

  13. jab, shot; burn (verbal annoyance)

    figuratively
  14. spike (sharp increase in demand of anything, sharp peak in graph)

    figuratively
  15. peak (narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it)

  16. peak (extremity of the gaff or a spar)

  17. tooth (spore on a tooth- or spine-like projection)

  18. lead (leading position, especially in horseracing)

  19. tab, slate (record of money owed)

    Laita lasku firman piikkiin.
  20. tab, slate (record of money owed) In expressions related to attributing or accounting something, especially with the verb laittaa.

    figuratively
    Tämänkin voi laittaa sen erehdyksen piikkiin.
  21. ellipsis of piikkikenkä (“spike, a running shoe with spikes in the sole”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  22. ellipsis of jääpiikki (“ice pick”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from both Swedish pik (“peak, tip”) and Swedish spik (“nail”). Folk-etymologically also analyzable as pii (“tooth, prong”) + -kki.

noun/ˈpiːkːi/[ˈpiːkːi]
  1. number 25, or something characterized by this number

    colloquial
    satapiikki
    Mä budjaan Flemarin piikis’.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish spik (“one-crown coin”), originally in the sense “25-penny coin”.

noun/ˈpiːkːi/[ˈpiːkːi]
  1. pike (very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish pik, from German Pike, from French pique.

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