syke

Small British watercourse

Syke is an alternate spelling of psych, the exclamation used after tricking someone—revealing that what you just said was a joke or lie: I got you a new car! Syke, it's just socks.

The spelling reflects casual pronunciation that drops the silent p.

Common in informal speech and online communication, especially as a playful gotcha.

stream

brook

Small flowing watercourse

  • creekNarrow natural watercourse
  • burnDamage by heat
  • beckSmall northern stream

gill · rill · rivulet · runnel · streamlet · bourn · freshet · brooklet · runlet · watercourse

scottish

burn

Damage by heat

  • glenNarrow wooded valley
  • braeScottish word for hillside
  • moorUncultivated peaty upland

highland · lowland · heather · peat · bog · fell · loch · cairn · croft · dialect

geography

gully

Channel carved by flowing water

ditch · gulch · vale · dale · dene · glen · lowland · moorland · marsh · boggy

Opposites
watercourse size/scale

sykeriver

Large flowing watercourse

Amazon · Mississippi · torrent · flood · deluge

Family

sike

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G