as in sticks
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 icicles
Throughout the city, bare trees were weighed down with icicles and snow was piled up next to sidewalks.
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Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Another shot shows icicles hanging from the bottom of the kitchen cabinets, with more hanging down from the ceiling.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Hocking Hills, Ohio The Hocking Hills' rock formations and caves become even more dramatic in winter, when snow settles on the damp rocks and bare trees, and waterfalls freeze into huge icicles.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Placement under gutters or rooflines can increase winter damage, especially from icicles or refreezing snow melt.
—Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
When traveling in the sleigh in inclement weather, Santa gets icicles in his beard.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
Even something as innocent as icicles can grow and damage your gutters with their weight or pry under your shingles and retreat into the attic, where the ice often melts to cause more damage in its water form.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Another shot shows icicles hanging from the bottom of the kitchen cabinets, with more hanging down from the ceiling.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Hocking Hills, Ohio The Hocking Hills' rock formations and caves become even more dramatic in winter, when snow settles on the damp rocks and bare trees, and waterfalls freeze into huge icicles.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Placement under gutters or rooflines can increase winter damage, especially from icicles or refreezing snow melt.
—Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
When traveling in the sleigh in inclement weather, Santa gets icicles in his beard.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
Even something as innocent as icicles can grow and damage your gutters with their weight or pry under your shingles and retreat into the attic, where the ice often melts to cause more damage in its water form.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for icicles
Noun
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Among the upgrades American military officials are planning are improvements to Pituffik Space Base's two-mile-long runway, a new boat to keep the port clear of icebergs and a slew of facility upgrades, including repairs to the Dundas dining facility.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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One of the oldest icebergs that has ever been tracked is feeling the blues.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
14 Jan. 2026
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Du identified bristleworms, gastropods, clams, tubeworms and other organisms living in the extreme depths, supported not by sunlight but chemosynthetic microbes drawing energy from methane and sulfide seeping through the ocean floor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 2025
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Bring to a gentle boil, then add the clams.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Icicles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icicles. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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