SPIK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spik mean? 

• SPIK (noun)
  The noun SPIK has 1 sense:

1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent

  Familiarity information: SPIK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

spic; spick; spik

Hypernyms ("spik" is a kind of...):

Latin American; Latino (a native of Latin America)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

 Context examples 

“Eh? Wot I say? I spik true w’en I say dat Buck two devils.”

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)