tik

Etymology

from "Narcotic"? this needs to be verified.

Noun

tik (uncountable)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• ITK, KIT, Kit, ikt, kit

Noun

tik m

1. A tick, a twitch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

• tik

  (file)

Noun

tik m (plural tikken, diminutive tikje n)

1. tick (a kind of sound)
2. tap
3. slap

Verb

tik

1. first-person singular present indicative of tikken
2. imperative of tikken

Anagrams

• kit

Adverb

tik

1. so

   tik daudz ― so many

Particle

tik

1. not so... as

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲɪk]

Adverb

tik (not comparable)

1. just, only (nothing more than; nothing else other than)

   Kàs bùs toliaũ, gãlima tìk spėlióti - We can only speculate as to what will come next.

   Jìs tìk bė̃go ir̃ bė̃go. - He just ran and ran.

2. only just, barely, hardly

   Rãdo jį̃ tik gývą, tik nenùmirė - We found him barely alive, he almost died.

Conjunction

tik

1. but, yet, just (introduces a concession)

   Labaĩ nóriu, tìk pinigų̃ neturiù. - I'd love to, just I don't have the money

Particle

tik

1. (in conjunction with question words) -ever, no matter …

   Kõ tìk ìmasi, tàs sẽkasi. - He succeeds at whatever he puts his hand to.

Etymology 2

Of imitative origin.

Interjection

tìk

1. Noise made to call chickens
2. tick (sound of a clock ticking)

Verb

tìk

1. second-person singular imperative of tikti.

Etymology

From Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare English tyke.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

tik c

1. a bitch (female canine)

Etymology

Related to Finnish tikka.

Noun

tik

1. woodpecker

Etymology

Borrowed from English think.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tik/

Noun

tik (plural tiks)

1. thought (object or instance of thinking)