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Meaning of "dik-dik" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIK-DIK

An East African name, probably of imitative origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIK-DIK

dik-dik  [ˈdɪkˌdɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIK-DIK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dik-Dik is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIK-DIK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Dik-dik

A dik-dik is a small antelope in the genus Madoqua that lives in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa. Dik-diks stand about 30–40 cm at the shoulder, are 50–70 cm long, weigh 3–6 kg and can live for up to 10 years. Dik-diks are named for the alarm calls of the females. In addition to the females' alarm call, both the male and female make a shrill, whistling sound. These calls may alert other animals to predators.

Definition of dik-dik in the English dictionary

The definition of dik-dik in the dictionary is any small antelope of the genus Madoqua, inhabiting semiarid regions of Africa, having an elongated muzzle and, in the male, small stout horns.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIK-DIK


acidic
əˈsɪdɪk
Ayurvedic
ˌɑːjʊˈveɪdɪk
cleverdick
ˈklɛvəˌdɪk
comedic
kəˈmiːdɪk
dick
dɪk
EBCDIC
ˈɛbsɪˌdɪk
Greenlandic
ɡriːnˈlændɪk
Icelandic
aɪsˈlændɪk
medic
ˈmɛdɪk
melodic
mɪˈlɒdɪk
nomadic
nəʊˈmædɪk
nordic
ˈnɔːdɪk
orthopaedic
ˌɔːθəʊˈpiːdɪk
orthopedic
ˌɔːθəˈpiːdɪk
paramedic
ˌpærəˈmedɪk
periodic
ˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
scandic
ˈskændɪk
sporadic
spəˈrædɪk
triadic
traɪˈædɪk
Vedic
ˈveɪdɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIK-DIK

dihedron
dihybrid
dihybridism
dihydric
dihydric alcohol
dihydrocodeine
dihydrogen
Dijon
dijudicate
dijudication
dika
dike
diker
dikey
dikkop
diktat
dilacerate
dilaceration
dilapidate
dilapidated

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIK-DIK

batik
chik
Dubrovnik
Luik
maik
malik
naik
Nalchik
Pernik
Reykjavik
sheik
sik
Sputnik
Tajik
tik
tsadik
tughrik
tzadik
zaddik
zendik

Synonyms and antonyms of dik-dik in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dik-dik» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIK-DIK

Find out the translation of dik-dik to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dik-dik from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dik-dik» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

DIK - DIK
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dik - dik
570 millions of speakers

English

dik-dik
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Dik - Dik
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الديك الديك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дик- дик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dik -dik
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dik থেকে-dik থেকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dik dik -
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dik-dik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dik-Dik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

DIK - DIK
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

DIK - DIK
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dik-dik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Dik - dik
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dik-dik
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Dik-dik
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dikdik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dik - dik
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dik - dik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дик- дик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

DIK - DIK
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Dik - Dik
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Dik- dik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dik - dik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dik - dik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dik-dik

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIK-DIK»

The term «dik-dik» is regularly used and occupies the 62.252 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIK-DIK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dik-dik

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIK-DIK»

Discover the use of dik-dik in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dik-dik and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stalking the Wild Dik-Dik: One Woman's Solo Misadventures ...
Traces the author's solitary travels across the African continent in 2001 and 2005, during which she experienced firsthand the challenges of its terrain and social disadvantages, and gained a strong admiration of the region's dignity, ...
Marie Javins, 2006
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The Dik-Dik's Solitude: New & Selected Works
With new and previously published work as well as an introductory interview with the author and prominent poet Lyn Hejinian, "The Dik-dik's Solitude" is the first comprehensive collection of work by this significant, avant-garde ...
Anne Tardos, Lyn Hejinian, 2003
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The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed ...
Cape grysbok R sharpe/, Sharpe's grysbok R campestris, steenbok Madoqua, dik -diks' M. saltiana, Salt's dik-dik (includes phillipsi and swayne/) M. piacentinii, Piacentini's dik-dik M. guentheri, Guenther's dik-dik M. kirkii, Kirk's dik-dik ...
Richard Estes, 1991
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Boys' Life
BOTH WANTED By WALTER J. WILWERDING THE SUN WAS SETTING in Tanganyika, East Africa, as a tiny Dik-dik antelope followed his parents along a dusty game trail hedged high by thorn bushes. He was only ten inches high but built ...
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Afghanistan to Zambia: Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
The first sight he ever had ofa dik-dik was up close, real close. His old E-Mail nickname “DikDik” comes as no co-incidence. It was a hint of Africa and a reminder that his first dik-dik took a bite out of his leg before he even laid eyes on him.
Dick Pellek, 2010
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Kingdoms of Life - Animals (ENHANCED eBook)
Gina Hamilton. (Fig.6B) Night blooming jasmine and Buffy Flower Bat (Fig.6C) Egyptian Plover in mouth of Nile crocodile (Fig.6D) Dik-Dik in anteater burrow ( Fig.6E) Tapeworm (Fig.6F) Carbon cycle Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere.
Gina Hamilton, 2006
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Summers Off: The Worldwide Adventures of a Schoolteacher
I started walking toward the eating area slowly following a dik-dik. A dik-dik is a tiny deer with big ears that walks as lightly and deliberately as a kung fu master. I assumed that if Tusker was not directly behind me, he would soon catch up to the  ...
Larry "Jungle" Shortell, 2011
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Laibon: An Anthropologist’s Journey with Samburu Diviners in ...
The blue beads were worn only by members of the Lonyoki family, and the dik- dik horn containing ntasim was worn only by the immediate family members. Lonyoki gave me the beads to wear around my neck and said that he was adopting ...
Elliot Fratkin, 2011
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Search for the Loony Man
But I do know he boarded his yacht docked at the Dik-Dik River pier. He had a, well, a trained navy crew the way they worked together, and sailed north- northeast. You know what was strange? I asked him where he was shipping, and he said ...
Claude W. Keenam, 2009
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Grazers
Guenther's dik-dik. In this proboscis, an enlarged nasal chamber richly supplied with blood is efficiently cooled by rapid nasal panting, with minimal loss of water in the exhaled air. With other water- and energy-conserving measures ( fluctuating ...
John P. Rafferty, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIK-DIK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dik-dik is used in the context of the following news items.
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See East Africa's lesser spotted creatures on Kenya's wildlife trail …
By day, diminutive dik-dik antelopes pick their way along the shaded boardwalks; after dark, buffalo troop down to the floodlit waterhole, while ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Allegory #671: Stripes and scales
If the buffalo were going to let the grey wolf and the coyote get away with their predations, who were they to suggest that the dik-dik should hold ... «eNCA, Jun 15»
3
African Safari adds three new hands-on animal exhibits
Along the path are a white alligator, a tiny African antelope called a dik-dik, a monkey-like relative of raccoons called a kinkajou, and more. «Port Clinton News Herald, Jun 15»
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Study shows African savannah able to support large number of …
The types of animals the team studied included dik-dik, wildebeest, Grevy's zebra, plains zebra, Cape buffalo and elephants, a group that made ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
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Leading Off (3/24/15)
I'd like to add that I am dik-dik delighted about the whole thing. Bird Forces Dallas Police Helicopter To Make Emergency Landing. This is what ... «D Magazine, Mar 15»
6
What I learned about myself by watching monkeys, Part 1
There was also a resident dik-dik, the world's smallest antelope. And, of course, baboons. Baboons went anywhere and everywhere they ... «Chestnut Hill Local, Mar 15»
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Watch: Tatton Park staff give hundreds of stuffed animal trophy …
The animals, collected by Maurice Egerton, range from the very small African antelope, Kirk's dik-dik to the enormous Canadian moose from ... «Manchester Evening News, Mar 15»
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Walking Safari in Northern Kenya
Out on the plains where Tilas led us on foot one morning, we saw dik-dik, gerenuk, and impala. We watched a lone, sleeping lion from just a ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
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10 of the easiest mountains to climb around the world
The highlight of this mountain is the opportunity to spot wildlife on its lower slopes, including water buffalo, giraffe, warthog and dik-dik. You will ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
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Interpol launches most-wanted list of environmental fugitives
... four ground hornbill, five spring hares, six oryx, seven kori bustard, 10 dik-dik, 20 Grant's gazelle, 68 Thomson's gazelle, and a secretary bird. «The Guardian, Nov 14»

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