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SPIK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spik mean?
• SPIK (noun)
The noun SPIK has 1 sense:
1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
Familiarity information: SPIK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("spik" is a kind of...):
Latin American; Latino (a native of Latin America)
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Context examples
“Eh? Wot I say? I spik true w’en I say dat Buck two devils.”
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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