"tik" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Early 21st century, perhaps imitative of the popping sounds made by meth being lit and smoked.",
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          "ref": "2004 June 8, “On the Tik-Tik express”, in SABC News, archived from the original on 2006-06-02:",
          "text": "This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape.",
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          "text": "Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.",
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          "ref": "2020 October 10, Mike Simpson, “More seizures of drug consignments on long-distance buses”, in The South African:",
          "text": "Hardly a week goes by without news of a crime bust of some kind involving one of the buses travelling cross-country, with everything from mandrax to tik, marijuana and abalone finding its way on board.",
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        "crystal meth or speed."
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