ice pick

noun

: a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice

Examples of ice pick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Reviewers repeatedly point to the Frigidaire Compact Bullet Ice Maker, the Igloo IGLICEBSC26 and the Magic Chef 27 Pound Portable Ice Maker as top bullet-ice picks, with the Magic Chef ranking highest for hourly output in one test. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Director Emerald Fennell won’t be dusting off the ice pick. — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026

Protests both online and at last week’s Paramount back-lot premiere for Scream 7 failed to stab an ice pick through the heart of the long-running horror franchise. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026

Other sufferers, however, who submitted entries to the 1983 Migraine Art Competition, depicted their pain in drawings and paintings of nails, needles, axes, ice picks, arrows, bolts, jaws, chisels, shivs, guns, red-hot spears, sledgehammers, devils, and long pins. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ice pick

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Kids Definition

ice pick

noun

: a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice