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
Among the unconfirmed events was the story that Arbuckle had used an icicle from an ice sculpture to penetrate the victim.
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Allen Salkin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
If the team was playing poorly, the bar would dip and virtual icicles would hang off the thermometer.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
While beautiful, the icicles dripping from your roof may be a sign of damaging ice dams forming on the roof above.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024
Elsa loses control of her ice powers and freezes a room with jagged icicles as Anna, Hans and the Duke of Weselton watch in shock.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
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Allen Salkin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
If the team was playing poorly, the bar would dip and virtual icicles would hang off the thermometer.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
While beautiful, the icicles dripping from your roof may be a sign of damaging ice dams forming on the roof above.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024
Elsa loses control of her ice powers and freezes a room with jagged icicles as Anna, Hans and the Duke of Weselton watch in shock.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icicle
Noun
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It’s recommended the bananas and clam chowder be entirely concealed/submerged once the concrete has set.Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Order clam chowder, oysters, or the seafood boat at Captain Zack’s Seafood, or chow down on a shrimp taco from Pico Taqueria. Plan to spend time at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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Melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 16.Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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For spectacular phenomena at the other end of the temperature scale, majestic icebergs, many of them formed by glaciers some tens of million of years ago, are one of Antarctica’s biggest attractions.Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Schneider allegedly was unaware of the pivotal scene in which Brando’s character anally rapes her character using a stick of butter as a lubricant.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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The cordless design is streamlined and shaped like a stick vacuum but with no bulky canister to contend with.Shea Simmons, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Some people saved their ration, making a small cake once every couple of weeks; others tried various expedients, from substituting carrots and parsnips to just going cold turkey.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Quitting hydrocarbons cold turkey would set civilization back hundreds of years.Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Icicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icicle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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