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In 1988, Tatum was hospitalized for nearly five weeks after another inmate smashed an ice pick into his forehead and neck, damaging his spine.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 July 2024
Bob Hayward stopped Bundy's tan Volkswagen, which was lingering outside a home in Granger, Utah.
After finding a ski mask, a crowbar, an ice pick and handcuffs in the car, the officer placed Bundy under arrest – but he was soon released.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 July 2024
Glover, then in her mid-30s, was standing in front of a bathroom mirror fixing her hair while getting ready for work as a craps dealer at a Las Vegas casino when she was struck by pain that felt like an ice pick piercing the right side of the top of her head.
—Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Knives, guns, clubs and ice picks were commonplace.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1851, in the meaning defined above
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“Ice pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20pick. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
ice pick
noun
: a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice
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