tik

See also: tík

English

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


Czech

Noun

tik m

  1. A tick, a twitch.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪk
  • (file)

Noun

tik m (plural tikken, diminutive tikje n)

  1. tick (a kind of sound)
  2. tap
  3. slap
  4. little bit (In "een tikje meer")

Verb

tik

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

Anagrams


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtik]
  • Hyphenation: tik

Pronoun

tik

  1. (personal, folksy) Alternative form of ti (you, plural).

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.

Latvian

Adverb

tik

  1. so
    tik daudzso many

Particle

tik

  1. not so... as

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

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

Synonyms

  • (adverb, just, only): vien, tiktai
  • (adverb, barely): vos, bemaž
  • (conjunction): bet, tačiau
  • (particle): bebūtų, bet

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Of imitative origin.

Interjection

tìk

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

Synonyms

  • (chicken call): cik

Etymology 3

Verb

tìk

  1. second-person singular imperative of tikti

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

tik c

  1. a bitch (female canine)

Declension

Declension of tik 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tik tiken tikar tikarna
Genitive tiks tikens tikars tikarnas

Synonyms


Tatar

Adjective

tik

  1. only, solitary

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish tikka.

Noun

tik

  1. woodpecker

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English think.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tik/

Noun

tik (plural tiks)

  1. thought (object or instance of thinking)

Declension

Derived terms

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