get on someone's wick
"get-on-someone-s-wick" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“get on someone's wick” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-get-on-someone-s-wick · get on someone's wick · English
get on someone's wick · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | get on someone's wick |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “get on someone's wick” in English
Rare enough to double-check
get on someone's wick is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.".
No misspelling variants are generated for get on someone's wick in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Tony Thorne's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang states that wick is a shortening for Hampton Wick as rhyming slang for prick, i.e. penis. The correct English form is get on someone's wick, spelled G-E-T- -O-N- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E-'-S- -W-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how get on someone's wick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His silly questions are really getting on my wick.
Etymology
Tony Thorne's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang states that wick is a shortening for Hampton Wick as rhyming slang for prick, i.e. penis.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.