as in clam
a cold aloof person
his wife is such an icicle you're lucky to get so much as a greeting from her
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Recent Examples of icicle
These icicle lights, $27.99 at Amazon, look like a meteor shower or falling snow across the night sky.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
On the way to the suspension bridge, about a 15-minute walk, see giant icicles along the cliff sides and the frozen top of the Montmorency River, their stillness stark against the roaring rush of the waterfall.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Available in crystal-clear, white, and gold, each is 5 inches long, modeled after natural icicles, and ready to hang.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
On the way to the suspension bridge, about a 15-minute walk, see giant icicles along the cliff sides and the frozen top of the Montmorency River, their stillness stark against the roaring rush of the waterfall.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Available in crystal-clear, white, and gold, each is 5 inches long, modeled after natural icicles, and ready to hang.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icicle
Noun
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The boutiques, surf shops, and cafes are easier to explore, and those iconic clam chowder bowls?—
Cliff Lewis,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2025
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Other choices are clam chowder ($2.22, $2.92), French onion ($2.92).—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An Iceberg the Size of the Windy City The iceberg, named A-84 by the U.S. National Ice Center, is about 19 miles long and 11 miles wide.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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The iceberg, named A-84, broke off from the southern end of the George VI Ice Shelf on January 13.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Afterward, as the crowd roared and his teammates rapped their sticks on the boards, Ovechkin took a lap around the ice in the spotlight.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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Garden clogs especially are the unsung heroes of gardens coast to coast, easy to quickly slip on for hours of cushy comfort while keeping feet safe from sticks, stones, and slick surfaces.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Going off the drugs cold turkey, as Parker Posey’s character does, could lead to dangerous withdrawal symptoms in real life.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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This is one reason many addiction experts think that a medication like buprenorphine is more effective as a treatment for opioid-use disorder than stopping cold turkey.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Icicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icicle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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