Wick

Wick most often refers to:


 * 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:

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 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)

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, or shadow, as an aspect of the Candlestick chart in stock trading