as in clam
a cold aloof person
his wife is such an icicle you're lucky to get so much as a greeting from her
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Recent Examples of icicle
No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
On the way to the suspension bridge, about a 15-minute walk, see giant icicles along the cliff sides and the frozen top of the Montmorency River, their stillness stark against the roaring rush of the waterfall.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Available in crystal-clear, white, and gold, each is 5 inches long, modeled after natural icicles, and ready to hang.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the Moore Cove Falls Trail leads to a calm waterfall that often forms sparkling icicles in the cold months.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
On the way to the suspension bridge, about a 15-minute walk, see giant icicles along the cliff sides and the frozen top of the Montmorency River, their stillness stark against the roaring rush of the waterfall.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Available in crystal-clear, white, and gold, each is 5 inches long, modeled after natural icicles, and ready to hang.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the Moore Cove Falls Trail leads to a calm waterfall that often forms sparkling icicles in the cold months.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icicle
Noun
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Some live wildlife is confiscated in very large numbers, like corals and clams, which are part of the predominant aquatic invertebrate trade in Southern California.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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The exhibition also highlights gold substitutes used in the past, such as sea silk made from the filaments secreted by the Pinna nobilis, a type of large saltwater clam; golden spider silk from Madagascar, and yellow cocoons produced by a type of silkworm in Cambodia.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
12 Feb. 2025
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This is the equivalent of deliberately sailing a ship into an iceberg.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Nutrients from the iceberg’s melt could boost food availability for the regional ecosystem, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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When hardware makers try to simply stick that OS into a handheld screen size controlled by buttons and analog sticks, the results can be awkward at best.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump is defying projections of an economic recession, plowing forward with new tariffs and, in the process, abandoning one of the core economic measuring sticks of his first term in office: the stock market.—
Christian Datoc,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
11 Mar. 2025
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That’s why quitting cold turkey can be difficult and ineffective for someone used to frequently vaping high doses of nicotine.—
Quispe López,
Them,
3 Feb. 2025
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But cutting Big Russ forced the Broncos to go cold turkey in record time, to eat a ton of cap money and go young all over the place.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Icicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icicle. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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