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teek
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?k
- IPA(key): /ti?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Etymology 1
From Portuguese teca, from Malayalam ??????? (t?kk??) or Tamil ?????? (t?kku).
Noun
teek (countable and uncountable, plural teeks)
- Obsolete form of teak.
Etymology 2
Clipping of telekinetic
Noun
teek (plural teeks)
- (science fiction) A telekinetic person; a person who has telekinetic abilities.
Synonyms
- telekinetic
Verb
teek (third-person singular simple present teeks, present participle teeking, simple past and past participle teeked)
- (science fiction, transitive) To use telekinesis on; to move (something) with the power of one's mind.
See also
- teep (“telepathy”)
Anagrams
- 'keet, keet
Basque
Noun
teek
- ergative plural of te
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *t?kkô, suffixed variant of *t?gô; compare English tick, German Zecke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?k/
- Hyphenation: teek
- Rhymes: -e?k
Noun
teek m (plural teken, diminutive teekje n)
- tick (insect)
Derived terms
- schapenteek
- tekentang
Anagrams
- keet
teek From the web:
steek
English
Alternative forms
- steik
Etymology
From Scots steek, from Middle English steke (“to enclose”) and Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”). Noun from Scots steek (“stitch”), from Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”). More at stick, stitch.
Verb
steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)
- To stitch (sew with a needle).
- To shut or close.
- (knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end.
Noun
steek (plural steeks)
- (Scotland) A stitch.
- 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 565:
- Ake Ogilvie told the tale the next day to Ma Cleghorn, Ma lying at rest in her bed, she'd gone to bed with a steek in her side and as lying fair wearied till Ake looked in.
- 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 565:
- (knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.
Anagrams
- 'keets, Teske, keets, skeet, skete, teeks
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ste?k/
- Rhymes: -e?k
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
steek m (plural steken, diminutive steekje n)
- a prick (insect bite), a stab, a thrust
- a knot
- a stitch
- a bicorne or tricorn; a cornered hat
- Synonym: punthoed
Derived terms
- geen steek zien
- in de steek laten
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
steek
- first-person singular present indicative of steken
- imperative of steken
Anagrams
- sekte, steke
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