FOSSICK Definition & Meaning

fossick

[ fos-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

Mining. to undermine another's digging; search for waste gold in relinquished workings, washing places, etc.
to search for any object by which to make gain:
to fossick for clients.

verb (used with object)

to hunt; seek; ferret out.

fossick

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ�� /

verb

intr to search for gold or precious stones in abandoned workings, rivers, etc
to rummage or search for (something)

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Derived Forms

ˈ�ڴǲ��, noun

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

�ڴǲ�s��·�� noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of fossick¹

First recorded in 1850–55; origin uncertain; compare British dialect fossick “troublesome person,” fussick, fursick “to bustle about, fidget”; apparently fuss + -ick, variant of -ock

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of fossick¹

C19: Australian, probably from English dialect fussock to bustle about, from fuss

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Mother and daughter Angela Fossick, 74, and Lorna Fossick, 48, are first-timers at the festival and decided to go to celebrate their shared birthdays.

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Deep learning employs pieces of software called artificial neural networks to fossick out otherwise-abstruse patterns.

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Her body was found on Grisham’s father’s property on Fossick Lane in Cherokee.

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Fossick for them and you may avoid buyer’s remorse.

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“There was concern that was aired in the last election that foreigners participating in the property market were contributing to high prices,” said Christopher Fossick, the managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle in Southeast Asia.

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