English Explanatory Dictionary

swike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deceive, cheat; betray.
  2. To stop, cease.
adj
  1. Deceitful; treacherous.
noun
  1. Deceit; treachery.
  2. A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
  3. A hiding place; den; cave.

Pronunciation

/swaɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swike.wav

Word forms

swike swikes swiking swoke swicken more swike most swike

Etymology

From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).

Synonyms

double-cross sell out stab in the back assfuck betray burn cop out cross out cross up do someone dirty do the dirty on false go back on knife let down play someone false quisle renegade sell sell the pass sell down the river sell down swike traitorize turncoat desist halt anchor astand blin brake cease draw up grind to a halt hold immobilize leave off rest stall stay stint stop guiled perfidious trothless beguiling deceitful deceptious deceptive deceptory fallacious fraudful fraudulent booky dastardly disleal disloyal double-crossing double-dealing double-faced
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