"tek" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɛk/ [Northumbria], /tæk/ [Wearside] Forms: teks [plural]
Etymology: Respelled clipping of technique. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|technique|nocap=1}} clipping of technique, {{pagetype}} entry, {{langname|en}} English, {{categorize|en|Requests for quotations in English|sort=}}, {{rfq|en}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} tek (plural teks)
  1. (slang) A method of or procedure for extracting, synthesizing, freebasing, or otherwise manufacturing or preparing recreational drugs. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-tek-en-noun-t-lkbxYg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tɛk/ [Northumbria], /tæk/ [Wearside] Forms: teks [present, singular, third-person], teking [participle, present], tekking [participle, present], took [past], tekked [past], tekt [past], tekken [participle, past], tekked [participle, past], tekt [participle, past]
Etymology: Eye dialect. Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing,tekking|took,tekked,tekt|~ken,tekked,tekt}} tek (third-person singular simple present teks, present participle teking or tekking, simple past took or tekked or tekt, past participle tekken or tekked or tekt)
  1. (Northumbria, Appalachia, dated) Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English. Tags: Appalachia, Northumbria, alt-of, dated, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: take, representing dialectal English
    Sense id: en-tek-en-verb-0UCN5I0h Categories (other): Appalachian English, English pronunciation spellings, Northumbrian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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