bikkie

Meaning

1. 1nouncountableinformalAustralian

   A small, sweet, crisp cake that people often eat with tea or coffee.

   Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a bikkie' or 'two bikkies'.

   Patterns

   • a bikkie
   • have a bikkie
   • eat bikkies

   She dunked her bikkie in her tea.

   He offered me a bikkie from the tin.

   The kids ate all the bikkies before dinner.

Word forms

Common combinations

a packet of bikkies

I bought a packet of bikkies for the party.

chocolate bikkie

This chocolate bikkie is my favorite.

dunk a bikkie

He likes to dunk a bikkie in his coffee.

bikkie tin

The bikkie tin is almost empty.

have a bikkie

Let's have a bikkie with our tea.

Synonyms and how they differ

biscuit

Used in British and Australian English for a small, sweet, crisp cake; 'bikkie' is just an informal way to say it.

cookie

The usual American word for this kind of sweet cake; in British English, 'cookie' often means a specific type of biscuit.

Commonly confused: bikkie or bicky?

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