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ice pick

noun

Definition of ice pick 

: a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice

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 Investigators determined she had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. — Time, "Houston's 'Ice Pick Killer' Executed in Texas for 1979 Rape and Murder," 29 June 2018 Investigators determined she had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. — Time, "Houston's 'Ice Pick Killer' Executed in Texas for 1979 Rape and Murder," 29 June 2018 Investigators determined she had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. — Time, "Houston's 'Ice Pick Killer' Executed in Texas for 1979 Rape and Murder," 29 June 2018 Investigators determined she had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. — Time, "Houston's 'Ice Pick Killer' Executed in Texas for 1979 Rape and Murder," 29 June 2018 Deaton, found on the banks of a Houston bayou, had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick and was a friend of Bible’s cousin. — Michael Graczyk, The Seattle Times, "Texas inmate wants to be executed by firing squad or gas," 26 June 2018 Investigators determined she had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. — Time, "Houston's 'Ice Pick Killer' Executed in Texas for 1979 Rape and Murder," 29 June 2018 Investigators determined she had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. — Michael Graczyk, Fox News, "Ailing Texas inmate wants execution by firing squad or gas," 28 June 2018 Investigators determined she had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. — NBC News, "Texas executes convicted killer whose attorneys proposed firing squad," 28 June 2018

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1851, in the meaning defined above

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ice pick

noun

English Language Learners Definition of ice pick

: a sharp tool used for breaking off small pieces of ice

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