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
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
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
Iman’s runway hair had the same components but resembled a hood of hair with long extensions and extra-large icicle earrings that reached from the top of her BumpIt to her shoulders.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
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Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 13 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
Iman’s runway hair had the same components but resembled a hood of hair with long extensions and extra-large icicle earrings that reached from the top of her BumpIt to her shoulders.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icicle
Noun
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Arsenic spikes in New Zealand’s Waikato River were blamed on invasive clams, and recent Houthi attacks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait indirectly caused a shift in oceanic cloud formation.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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For seafood, Old Fisherman’s Grotto on Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf has been serving clam chowder since 1950.—
Audrey T. Williams,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Like an iceberg, much of our creative processing happens beneath the surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Mother Nature can create ice jams, which are like icebergs that can potentially slam into bridges, docks, boats and more.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The couple, a man and a woman, were struck on their backs with a rattan stick in a public park while dozens of people watched, according to an AFP reporter at the scene.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The new approach to performance assessment isn’t all stick—there are carrots, too.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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In a Journal Sentinel interview, one parent raised concerns that the clinics are abandoning ongoing treatments, such as hormone replacement therapy, leaving children to go cold turkey after years of taking either estrogen or testosterone.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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At first, the idea of going cold turkey is jarring and scary.—
Lauren DeCarlo,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Icicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icicle. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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