Definition of be icky

icky    

adjective

• gross, unappealing.

  Cooked carrots are icky.

  Girls are icky. They have cooties!

  • See more words with the same meaning: gross, disgusting, creepy.

  Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'gross, disgusting, creepy':
sick	Definitions include: great; amazing; "cool"; "awesome".
fatal attraction	Definitions include: someone who will not allow a relationship to end.
not mind safe	Definitions include: extremely disturbing.
gnarly	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
skeevy	Definitions include: gross, creepy; ICKY, etc. Term was common in Brooklyn, NY, USA in the 1950s and 1960s.
gritter	Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.
nappy	Definitions include: gross, disgusting.
yucky	Definitions include: unpleasant, disgusting, objectionable.
give the skeeves	Definitions include: to make a person feel creepy.
raunchy	Definitions include: nasty, gross, disgusting, revolting, etc. Also raunchy-licious.
freaky	Definitions include: sexually voracious.
like *ss pie	Definitions include: disgustingly.
trif	Definitions include: shallow. Note: short for "trifling."
kicking	Definitions include: stylish; "smooth".
NMS	Definitions include: acronym for not mind safe.
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Other terms relating to 'icky':
sticky icky	Definitions include: marijuana.
sticky icky icky	Definitions include: truly awesome marijuana, only use with weed that actualy is kinda sticky.

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