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tek¹

  • /tɛk/ Northumbria
  • /tæk/ Wearside

Where it comes from

Used to represent a dialectal pronunciation of take.

verb teks · teking · tekking · took · tekked · tekt

  1. Appalachia, Northumbria, dated, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English. Doncher know a cud hole yuh an' tek a kiss anytime a'd a mine tuh?

tek²

  • /tɛk/ Northumbria
  • /tæk/ Wearside

Where it comes from

Respelled clipping of technique.

noun teks

  1. slang A method of, or procedure for, extracting, synthesizing, freebasing, or otherwise manufacturing or preparing recreational drugs. This tek yields a crude, semi-pure crystalline extract that can be ingested to produce the full range of effects of psilocybin mushrooms while mitigating some or all of the nausea and bodily discomfort commonly experienced.

TEK³

  • /tɛk/ US

Sounds like tech · Rhymes with -ɛk

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of traditional ecological knowledge

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tek. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tek

Chicago

"tek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tek.

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@misc{tek_2026,
  title = {tek},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tek},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}