inwick

1 of 2

noun

: a shot in curling in which a player's stone is made to carom off the inner edge of an intervening stone so as to knock away from the tee the stone nearest it compare outwick

inwick

2 of 2

intransitive verb

"

: to make an inwick

Word History

Etymology

Noun

in entry 4 + wick, noun (port in curling)

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