SPICK AND SPAN Meaning of SPICK AND SPAN in English adj.1 smart and new. 2 neat and clean. Etymology: 16th-c. spick and span new, emphatic extension of ME span new f. ON sp{aacute}n-n|r f. sp{aacute}nn chip + n|r new Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012