Skip navigation.

kiack - What does it mean?

Definition of 'kiack'

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (Canada) , a species of small freshwater fish, also known as the alewife.
  • * 2007 , " Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)''," ''Fisheries and Aquaculture—Government of Nova Scotia (retrieved 30 Nov. 2011):
  • Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack .
  • * 2010', William Casselman, Nova Scotia Fish Word: '''Kiack , ''www.billcasselman.com (retrieved 29 Nov. 2011):
  • Finally, I visited a group of kiack' fishermen down in Argyle. This was a new fishery to me. The '''kiack (also called ''gaspereau and alewife in other areas) is fished with a dip net out of small brooks in the Tusket River area.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A temple for practitioners of Buddhism within Burma.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
  • References

    Similar to 'kiack'

    kick, kayak, keck, kiosk, kook, kwik, keak, keek, kaik, kajk, kyack, kaiak, kyak