wikiup
[ wik-ee-uhp ]
/ ˈwɪk iˌʌp /
noun
Words nearby wikiup
wigwam,
wiki,
wiki weapon,
wikileaked,
wikitorial,
wikiup,
wilberforce,
wilbraham,
wilbur,
wilburite,
wilco
Definition for wikiup (2 of 2)
wickiup
or wick·y·up, wik·i·up
[ wik-ee-uhp ]
/ ˈwɪk iˌʌp /
noun
(in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
Western U.S.
any rude hut.
Origin of wickiup
1850–55,
Americanism; earlier and still dialectally applied to the bark- or mat-covered wigwams of the Upper Great Lakes Indians < Fox
wi·kiya·pi house < Proto-Algonquian
*wi·kiwa·ʔmi; cf.
wigwam
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British Dictionary definitions for wikiup (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for wikiup (2 of 2)
wickiup
wikiup or wickyup
/ (ˈwɪkɪˌʌp) /
noun
US and Canadian
a crude shelter made of brushwood, mats, or grass and having an oval frame, esp of a kind used by nomadic Indians now in Oklahoma and neighbouring states of the US
Word Origin for wickiup
C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo
wikiyap; compare
wigwam