"teek" meaning in English

See teek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tiːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teek.wav Forms: teeks [plural]
enPR: tēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) or Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku). Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|teca}} Portuguese teca, {{der|en|ml|തേക്ക്}} Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ), {{der|en|ta|தேக்கு|sc=Taml}} Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} teek (countable and uncountable, plural teeks)
  1. Obsolete form of teak. Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: teak
    Sense id: en-teek-en-noun--2k0Xjtq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tiːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teek.wav Forms: teeks [plural]
enPR: tēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: Clipping of telekinetic Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|telekinetic}} Clipping of telekinetic Head templates: {{en-noun}} teek (plural teeks)
  1. (science fiction) A telekinetic person; a person who has telekinetic abilities. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Fictional abilities, People Synonyms: telekinetic
    Sense id: en-teek-en-noun-7evkoKQy Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 4 45 51 Disambiguation of People: 0 48 52 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 43 53 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tiːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teek.wav Forms: teeks [present, singular, third-person], teeking [participle, present], teeked [participle, past], teeked [past]
enPR: tēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: Clipping of telekinetic Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|telekinetic}} Clipping of telekinetic Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Science fiction, Fictional abilities, People Related terms: teep (english: telepathy)
    Sense id: en-teek-en-verb-MkHXTx3b Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 4 45 51 Disambiguation of People: 0 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 37 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 43 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 35 61 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1957 April 5, Robert Silverberg, “Hidden Talent”, in Worlds of If, page 27:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Nate Kenyon, StarCraft Ghost: Spectres, →ISBN, page 44:",
          "text": "With a brief psionic push, Nova teeked them aside and into the rock, firing her rifle at the soft areas just above the creature's rib cage.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use telekinesis on; to move (something) with the power of one's mind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "science fiction",
          "science fiction"
        ],
        [
          "telekinesis",
          "telekinesis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(science fiction, transitive) To use telekinesis on; to move (something) with the power of one's mind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "science-fiction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "tēk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teek.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-teek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-teek.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-teek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-teek.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teek"
}

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