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ピッカリン

also: ぴかりん · ぴかりーん · ぴっかりーん

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

eating up; finishing one's plate

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordchildren's language

Childish onomatopoeia for gobbling up food or cleaning one's plate. Often used with する. Related to ピッカピカ (sense 3).

See also: ピッカピカ

ごはんをピッカリンしたよ。
I ate up all my rice!

お皿さらがピッカリンになったね。

Your plate is all clean now, isn't it?

Written forms

ピッカリン
Most common katakana spelling for this mimetic word.
ピカリン
Variant without the geminate consonant; less common but still used.

Similar words

ピッカピカ
ピッカピカ means 'sparkling clean' or 'shiny', while ピッカリン specifically refers to eating everything up, often used in children's language.

Etymology

Mimetic word derived from the sound of eating quickly or the image of something becoming clean. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is related to ピッカピカ (sparkling clean).