THICK

thick

(adjective) abounding; having a lot of; “the top was thick with dust”

blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed

(adjective) (used informally) stupid

chummy, buddy-buddy, thick

(adjective) (used informally) associated on close terms; “a close friend”; “the bartender was chummy with the regular customers”; “the two were thick as thieves for months”

thick

(adjective) having component parts closely crowded together; “a compact shopping center”; “a dense population”; “thick crowds”; “a thick forest”; “thick hair”

slurred, thick

(adjective) spoken as if with a thick tongue; “the thick speech of a drunkard”; “his words were slurred”

thick, deep

(adjective) (of darkness) densely dark; “thick night”; “thick darkness”; “a face in deep shadow”; “deep night”

dense, thick

(adjective) hard to pass through because of dense growth; “dense vegetation”; “thick woods”

compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset

(adjective) having a short and solid form or stature; “a wrestler of compact build”; “he was tall and heavyset”; “stocky legs”; “a thickset young man”

thick

(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”

thick

(adjective) relatively dense in consistency; “thick cream”; “thick soup”; “thick smoke”; “thick fog”

thick, thickly

(adverb) in quick succession; “misfortunes come fast and thick”

thickly, thick

(adverb) with a thick consistency; “the blood was flowing thick”

midst, thick

(noun) the location of something surrounded by other things; “in the midst of the crowd”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

Synonyms: broad, Thesaurus:wide

Antonyms: slim, thin, Thesaurus:narrow

Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

Heavy in build; thickset.

Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset

Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin, Thesaurus:slender

Densely crowded or packed.

Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed, Thesaurus:compact

Antonyms: sparse, Thesaurus:diffuse

Having a viscous consistency.

Synonyms: glutinous, viscous, Thesaurus:viscous

Antonyms: free-flowing, runny, Thesaurus:runny

Abounding in number.

Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming, Thesaurus:plentiful

Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight

Impenetrable to sight.

Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid, Thesaurus:opaque

Antonyms: thin, transparent, Thesaurus:transparent

(Of an accent) Prominent, strong.

Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.

Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.

Synonyms: unclear, Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Antonyms: clear, lucid, Thesaurus:comprehensible

(informal) Stupid.

Synonyms: dense, dumb (informal), stupid, thick as pigshit (taboo slang), thick as two short planks (slang), Thesaurus:stupid

Antonyms: brainy (informal), intelligent, smart, Thesaurus:intelligent

(informal) Friendly or intimate.

Synonyms: chummy (UK, informal), close, close-knit, friendly, pally (informal), intimate, tight-knit

Antonym: unacquainted

Deep, intense, or profound.

Synonyms: great, extreme

(UK, dated) troublesome; unreasonable

(slang, mostly, of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

Synonym: Thesaurus:voluptuous

Adverb

thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)

In a thick manner.

Frequently or numerously.

Noun

thick (plural thicks)

The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

A thicket.

(slang) A stupid person; a fool.

Verb

thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)

(archaic, ambitransitive) To thicken.

Synonyms

• See also thicken

Source: Wiktionary

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Thick, a. [Compar. Thicker; superl. Thickest.] Etym: [OE. thicke, AS. ; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. , , and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf. Tight.]

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.

Note: 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 register. (Phon.) See the Note under Register, n., 7.

– Thick stuff (Naut.), all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve. J. Knowles.

Syn.

– Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.

Thick, n.

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.

Thick, adv. Etym: [AS. þicce.]

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 and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Thick, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. AS. .]

Definition: To thicken. [R.] The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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