chiack

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chiack

/ʃaijæk/
/t͡ʃaijæk/

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From chi-ike.

verb chiacks · chiacking · chiacked · chyack

Australia, New Zealand, UK, transitive To taunt or tease. Jack soon learnt that it was not politic to attack big snakes, which included the adult black, brown, and the death-ader, though he might "chiack" them to his heart's content.
Similar: hound, taunt, jeer

noun chyack

Australia, New Zealand, UK, uncountable Taunting or teasing. Indeed, the man was less brute than boor; he also spoke the truth. He had not seriously exceeded the limits of legitimate “chiack.”

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@misc{chiack_2026,
  title = {chiack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chiack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}