THICK
noun
Definitions
- 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. In the thick of the dust and smoke. Knolles.
- 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] Drayton. Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. Spenser. He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. Dryden. Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle. -- Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small. Through thick and thin she followed him. Hudibras. He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. Coleridge.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
THICK
(adjective)
1. Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber se...
THICK
(adverb)
1. Frequently; fast; quick.
2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thi...
THICK
(verb)
To thicken. [R.] The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. Coleridge.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
