Wick most often refers to:

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  • Capillary action ("wicking")
  • Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp
  • Solder wick, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts

Wick or WICK may also refer to:

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Places and placenames

  • -wick (-wich) town, settlements in Anglo-Saxon England
  • vicus, the Latin word from which the Anglo-Saxon -wick, -wich, wic and -wych <!--Too removed from "wick"?: and Brythonic gweek, guig and quick--> found within placenames derive.
  • -wick, from Old Norse vik, bay or inlet, as in Wick, Caithness, and Lerwick

Scotland

  • Wick, Caithness
  • Wick Airport
  • Wick (Parliament of Scotland constituency) (to 1707)
  • Wick River, Caithness

England

  • Wick, Bournemouth, Dorset
  • Wick, Devizes, Wiltshire
  • Wick, Downton, Wiltshire
  • Wick, Gloucestershire
  • Wick, West Sussex
  • Wick, Worcestershire
  • Wick St. Lawrence, Somerset
  • Hackney Wick, London
  • Hampton Wick, London
  • Wick (ward), an electoral ward of the Hackney London Borough Council

Wales

  • Wick, Vale of Glamorgan

United States

  • Wick, Ohio
  • Wick, West Virginia

Other uses

  • The Wick, house in Richmond Hill, London, England
  • WICK, Pennsylvania AM broadcasting station
  • Wick (hieroglyph), Ancient Egyptian sign
  • Wick Communications (formerly Wick Newspaper Group)
  • Wick product, in probability theory
  • Wick rotation, in physics
  • "Wick", nickname for (private) Chadwick School in Los Angeles
  • Static wick on aircraft that discharges triboelectricity
  • Wick (surname)
  • John Wick, 2014– American film franchise
  • Wick (album), by Nardo Wick, 2025
  • "Wick", a 2025 single by Silent Planet
  • Wick, or shadow, as an aspect of the Candlestick chart in stock trading

See also

  • WIC (disambiguation)
  • Wick House (disambiguation)
  • Wicked (disambiguation)
  • Wicking (disambiguation)
  • Wicks (disambiguation)
  • Wyck (disambiguation)
  • Vik (disambiguation)
  • Weeks (surname)