出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/10/05 22:46 UTC 版)
The noun is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; within’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).
The verb is derived from the noun; by surface analysis, in- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).
inwick (plural inwicks)
inwick (third-person singular simple present inwicks, present participle inwicking, simple past and past participle inwicked) (originally Scotland, curling)