The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fike \Fike\, n. See Fyke.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Middle English fyken "move about restlessly" (early 13c.), from Old Norse fikjask "to desire eagerly," fika (in fika sig upp "climb up nimbly," of a spider), probably from a general North Sea Germanic word related to the source of German ficken "to move about briskly." Later as "give trouble, vex" (1570s), a sense surviving especially in Scottish. Hence also fikery "vexatious trouble" (1823); fiky "causing trouble about trifles" (1768).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (context ambitransitive English) To feign; dissemble; flatter. Etymology 2
alt. 1 (context intransitive English) To move about in a quick, uneasy way; be constantly in motion. 2 (context transitive English) To give trouble to; vex; perplex. n. 1 restlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance. 2 (context UK dialectal English) Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To move about in a quick, uneasy way; be constantly in motion. 2 (context transitive English) To give trouble to; vex; perplex. Etymology 3
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A fig. 2 (context UK dialectal English) A sore place on the foot.
Wikipedia
Fike is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- A. J. Fike (born 1980), racing driver
- Aaron Fike (born 1982), racing driver
- Dan Fike (born 1961), American football player
- Edward Fike (born 1925), American politician
Usage examples of "fike".
Fleming had found him, he said, on his doorstep, fike a patient come to call.
They got off at this floor and I sfipped out with them, trying to took fike an oil promoter.
Whereupon I was met by a nice quiet type fike Frank, who seemed to be authentic: he knew whom to meet and where to take him.
The director of the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, Tom Fike informs me of her death, the funeral, and suggests I cancel my court appointments for the day.
I passed my Bar a year later, in 1966, and went to work for Tom Fike at Legal Aid.
Colonel Jason Fikes could see right away that something was fishy about the town.
As Fikes climbed out of his humvee, one of the locals stepped forward.
Since his childhood in Baltimore, Fikes had learned there were large swaths of the U.
Reluctant to take the inevitable next step, Fikes bent to read the plaque on a nearby statue of buckskin-clad men.
By afternoon, when Reggie went to lodge an official protest with Colonel Fikes, unease had rooted deep in his belly.
She handed Colonel Fikes his books and smiled again, and this time he did smile in return.
Debbie, our son, Gabriel, and my parents, Barbara Blatner-Fikes, Richard Fikes, Adam and Allee Blatner, and Don and Snookie Carlson, for their never-ending support and love.