teek

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teek¹

  • /tiːk/

Rhymes with -iːk

Where it comes from

From Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) or Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

noun teeks

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of teak The Teek forests, from whence the marine yard at Bombay are furnished with that excellent species of ship timber, lie along the western side of the Gaut Mountains, and other contiguous ridges of hills, on the north and north-east of Basseen; the numerous rivulets that descend from thence affording w

teek²

  • /tiːk/

Rhymes with -iːk

Where it comes from

Clipping of telekinetic.

noun teeks

  1. A telekinetic person; a person who has telekinetic abilities. She stood there dumbfounded as the door swung open and banged against the inside wall, narrowly missing her.¶ I did that, she thought. I'm a... teek?

    Similar: telekinetic

verb teeks · teeking · teeked

  1. transitive To use telekinesis on; to move (something) with the power of one's mind. Tears of pain came to his eyes—and he didn’t know which hurt more, the pain of the soup on his arm or the real shock he had received when he had forced himself to keep from teeking the falling soup halfway across the room.

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@misc{teek_2026,
  title = {teek},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/teek},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}