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词汇 yike
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Definition of yike in English:

yike

noun jʌɪk
Australian informal
  • 1A quarrel.

    I watched the yike on telly between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "Bit of a yike on earlier, eh? He just says anything that comes into his head."
    • There are moral overtones to all of this, and we say no, don't use your industrial muscle, don't use your patients as bargaining chips in your yike with the government.
    • He said, "Sorry your party ended up in a yike, Mum. Never mind. The tucker was marvellous."
    • There was a yike about providing loans to farmers at this percentage.
    • "Seems like you got a yike on your hands," Tom said.
    • I understand that there was a yike between the two Government parties at party meetings about the loans.
    Synonyms
    argument, row, fight, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out
  • 2A statement of dissatisfaction; a complaint.

    his constant yike is that no one takes him seriously
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course there is a yike: the university is saying, “In 2005 we will miss out. We will be $7 million worse off."
    • I was just having a yike about a woman passenger with the ship's skipper.
    Synonyms
    protest, protestation, objection, remonstrance, statement of dissatisfaction, grievance, charge, accusation, criticism

Origin

1920s: origin unknown.

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