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ilk
1[ ilk ]
noun
- family, class, or kind:
he and all his ilk.
adjective
- same.
ilk
1/ ɪ±ô°ì /
noun
- a type; class; sort (esp in the phrase of that, his, her, etc, ilk )
people of that ilk should not be allowed here
- of that ilkof the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
Moncrieff of that ilk
ilk
2/ ɪ±ô°ì; ˈɪ±ô°ìÉ™ /
determiner
- each; every
Usage
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of ilk1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of ilk1
Origin of ilk2
Idioms and Phrases
- of that ilk,
- (in Scotland) of the same family name or place:
Ross of that ilk, i.e., Ross of Ross.
- of the same class or kind.
Example Sentences
That “Death of Unicorn†opens the exact same way as other films of its ilk do isn’t the greatest vote of confidence for the film as it is.
Still, even this glossy set of petty tyrants can recognize a creep and a phony in their ranks, sussing which one of their ilk is showing off their veneers for a half-second too long.
Sure, that might be what Yarvin and his ilk want; they think an isolated, weakened Europe is a good thing.
“Severance†is so good because, like other notable television shows of the same ilk, it is meticulous.
What's most striking here is the totalizing theory detailed in Project 2025 that America is hopelessly "woke," and that most Americans have been consumed by what Vought and his ilk see as secular decadence.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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