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English Dictionary: spick by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spick
adj
  1. completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick- and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps"
    Synonym(s): immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and- span, spic, spick, spotless
n
  1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
    Synonym(s): spic, spik, spick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spick \Spick\, n. [Cf. Sw. spik. See {Spike} a nail.]
      A spike or nail. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Spick and span}, quite new; that is, as new as a spike or
            nail just made and a chip just split; brand-new; as, a
            spick and span novelty. See {Span-new}.
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