ice pick

noun

: a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice

Examples of ice pick in a Sentence

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Loading your audio article A homeless man brandishing an ice pick threatened passersby at a busy Midtown Manhattan intersection Tuesday morning before cops arrived and arrested him, authorities said. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 22 Nov. 2024 In 1940, a Soviet agent murdered Leon Trotsky with an ice pick in Mexico City. Edward Lucas, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2016 One day when Jones was walking home, a group of street toughs pinned him to a fence, plunged a knife blade into one of his hands and stabbed him in the temple with an ice pick. Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 Another guy got stabbed with an ice pick this past spring after his dog attacked a group of dogs. Christopher Robbins, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice pick 

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice pick was in 1851

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“Ice pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20pick. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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ice pick

noun
: a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice
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