thick

thick1 [ θık ] adjective ***

▸ 1 long between edges

▸ 2 growing close together

▸ 3 not flowing easily

▸ 4 filling air completely

▸ 5 full of something

▸ 6 hard to understand

▸ 7 stupid

▸ 8 very friendly with someone

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) a thick object or material has a long distance between two opposite sides, edges, or surfaces:

She was wearing a thick wool sweater.

a thick layer of snow

Cut the bread into thick slices.

Try not to make too much noise the walls aren't very thick.

a ) used for stating the distance between the opposite surfaces or edges of a solid object:

The walls in our house are only a few inches thick.

It is a rectangular piece of wood, perhaps 5 centimeters thick.

2. ) thick hair or fur is made of many small hairs growing very close together:

Her thick dark hair hangs all the way to her shoulders.

a thick beard

a ) a thick forest, bush, area of grass, etc. is made of many trees, leaves, or plants growing very close together:

a thick row of trees

3. ) a thick liquid is more stiff or solid than normal and does not flow easily:

For dessert, serve strawberries covered in thick sweet cream.

The soup should be nice and thick.

4. ) thick smoke, cloud, FOG, etc. fills the air completely, so that it is difficult to see or difficult to breathe:

Thick fog prevented Bobby from returning home.

5. ) thick with if a place is thick with something, it is full of it:

The airport was thick with police officers.

The air was thick with savory smells.

6. ) a thick ACCENT shows very clearly that the speaker comes from a particular place because of the way their words sound:

He speaks Spanish fluently, but with a thick American accent.

a ) thick with if your voice is thick with an emotion it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion:

His voice was thick with fury.

7. ) INFORMAL stupid:

He's rich, but a little thick.

a ) get something into/through your thick head/skull INFORMAL to start understanding something. This expression is used when you are angry and you think someone is being stupid:

Will you get it into your thick head that I'm not coming!

8. ) MAINLY BRITISH SPOKEN very friendly with someone

have a thick skin

to not be sensitive to criticism or insults:

To be a politician, you have to have a thick skin.

=> THIEF

thick

thick 2 [ θık ] adverb *

in a way that makes something thick or produces a thick layer or piece of something:

Don't slice the meat so thick.

lay it on thick INFORMAL

to try to persuade someone that something is better, bigger, more important, etc. than it really is

thick and fast

frequently and in large numbers or amounts:

Applications have been coming in thick and fast.

thick

thick 3 [ θık ] noun

the thick of something

the most busy, active, or dangerous part of a situation, event, or activity:

He was always in the thick of the action.

through thick and thin

in all situations, especially the most difficult ones