Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
FIKE
Etymology 1
Verb
fike (third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)
(ambitransitive) To feign; dissemble; flatter.
Etymology 2
Verb
fike (third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)
(intransitive) To move about in a quick, uneasy way; be constantly in motion.
(transitive) To give trouble to; vex; perplex.
Noun
fike (plural fikes)
Restlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance.
(UK dialectal) Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.
Etymology 3
Noun
fike (plural fikes)
(obsolete) A fig.
(UK dialectal) A sore place on the foot.
Anagrams
• Kief, kief, kife
Proper noun
Fike (plural Fikes)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fike is the 5459th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6374 individuals. Fike is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Kief, kief, kife
Source: Wiktionary
Fike, n.
Definition: See Fyke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHATTEL
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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