chi-ike

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Interjection === chi-ike (costermongers' slang) Used as a salute or word of praise. === Noun === chi-ike (plural chi-ikes) (UK, obsolete) A hearty, often light-heartedly sarcastic, greeting. (slang, obsolete, Australia, New Zealand) A noisy hubbub === Verb === chi-ike (third-person singular simple present chi-ikes, present participle chi-iking, simple past and past participle chi-iked) (UK) To mock or jeer; to chiack. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S.C. Weiner, eds. "chi-hike", The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989) John C. Hotten "Chi-ike" A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words (1874)