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KWIC

noun \ˈkwik\

Definition of KWIC

:  a computer-generated index alphabetized on a keyword that appears within a brief context
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Origin of KWIC

keyword in context
First Known Use: 1959

Rhymes with KWIC

brick, chick, click, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick

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