tik
See also: tík
English
Etymology
from "Narcotic"? this needs to be verified.
Noun
tik (uncountable)
- (South Africa, slang) crystal meth or speed.
- "This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape. - 27k
- "Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik". Weekend Argus 13/14 May 2006 p.12.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪk
tik (file)
Noun
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtik]
- Hyphenation: tik
Declension
Further reading
- tik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʲɪk]
Adverb
tik (not comparable)
Conjunction
tik
Particle
tik
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ką tik
- tik tik
- tiktai
Etymology 2
Of imitative origin.
Synonyms
- (chicken call): cik
Verb
tìk
- second-person singular imperative of tikti
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːk
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