different between teek vs teet

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)

1. Obsolete form of teak.

Etymology 2

Clipping of telekinetic

Noun

teek (plural teeks)

1. (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)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. tick (insect)

Derived terms

• schapenteek
• tekentang

Anagrams

• keet

English

Etymology 1

Noun

teet (plural teets)

1. Alternative spelling of teat

Etymology 2

Adjective

teet (comparative more teet, superlative most teet)

1. (Orcadian Scots) Fast, swift, nimble.

Anagrams

• -ette

Danish

Verb

teet

1. past participle of te

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

teet

1. Second-person singular present indicative form of tehdä.

Etymology 2

Noun

teet

1. Nominative plural form of tee.

Anagrams

• ette

Norman

Alternative forms

• tête (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??t/

Noun

teet f (plural teets)

1. (Sark, anatomy) head

Scots

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

teet (comparative mair teet, superlative maist teet)

1. swift, quick, fast, faird.

Swedish

Noun

teet

1. definite singular of te