thick Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the location of something surrounded by other things
    midst.
    • in the midst of the crowd
  2. adjective not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
    • an inch thick
    • a thick board
    • a thick sandwich
    • spread a thick layer of butter
    • thick coating of dust
    • thick warm blankets
  3. adjective satellite having component parts closely crowded together
    • a compact shopping center
    • a dense population
    • thick crowds
    • a thick forest
    • thick hair
  4. adjective relatively dense in consistency
    • thick cream
    • thick soup
    • thick smoke
    • thick fog
  5. adjective satellite spoken as if with a thick tongue
    slurred.
    • the thick speech of a drunkard
    • his words were slurred
  6. adjective satellite having a short and solid form or stature
    compact; stocky; thickset; heavyset.
    • a wrestler of compact build
    • he was tall and heavyset
    • stocky legs
    • a thickset young man
  7. adjective satellite hard to pass through because of dense growth
    dense.
    • dense vegetation
    • thick woods
  8. adjective satellite (of darkness) very intense
    deep.
    • thick night
    • thick darkness
    • a face in deep shadow
    • deep night
  9. adjective satellite (used informally) associated on close terms
    buddy-buddy; chummy.
    • a close friend
    • the bartender was chummy with the regular customers
    • the two were thick as thieves for months
  10. adjective satellite (used informally) stupid
    duncical; loggerheaded; blockheaded; duncish; fatheaded; boneheaded; wooden-headed; thick-skulled; thickheaded.
  11. adjective satellite abounding; having a lot of
    • the top was thick with dust
  12. adverb with a thick consistency
    thickly.
    • the blood was flowing thick
  13. adverb in quick succession
    thickly.
    • misfortunes come fast and thick

WordNet

Thick adjective
Etymology
OE. thicke, AS. icce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. ykkr, jökkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf. Tight.
Wordforms
comparative Thicker ; superlative Thickest
Definitions
  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 seven inches thick.
    Were it as thick as is a branched oak. Chaucer.
    My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 1 Kings xii. 10.
  2. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.
  3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
    Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.
  4. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. "In a thick, misty day." Sir W. Scott.
  5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
    The people were gathered thick together. Luke xi. 29.
    Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. Dryden.
  6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
  7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. R. Shak.
  8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. Shak.
    His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. Shak.
  9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. Colloq.
    We have been thick ever since. T. Hughes.
    ✍ Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying, thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like. Thick-skulled, thick-headed. Stupid, slow to learn. [derogatory] Syn. -- Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.
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.
    Through thick and thin she followed him. Hudibras.
    He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. Coleridge.
Thick adverb
Etymology
AS. þicce.
Definitions
  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 thick with manure.
Thick transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. AS. iccian.
Definitions
  1. To thicken. R.
    The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. Coleridge.

Webster 1913