different between teek vs teuk

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

Imitative of its sound.

Noun

teuk (plural teuks)

1. (Britain, dialect, Essex) The redshank.

Anagrams

• Ketu

French

Etymology

Apocopic form of teukeu, backslang of keut, Apocopic form of keutru, backslang of truc

Noun

teuk m (plural teuks)

1. (double verlan, verlan) thing

Scots

Verb

teuk

1. past tense of tak