tck

1. alternativeAlternative form of tch.

   "I mean that women like Mrs. Richie are so unconscious, they don't see things like that. She's as unconscious as a girl." "Tck!" said Martha.

   1906, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, The Awakening of Helena Richie

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   “Tck, tck,” said Fräulein Trisk. “You are a very noisy girl, Frieda. How can you be so surprised at a happy ending, after all those fairy tales you read?”

   2021, Hilary McKay, The Swallows' Flight, page 269

plural TCKs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of third culture kid.

   If withdrawal becomes severe, with the TCK isolating from everyone and virtually everything, professional help needs to be sought with someone who understands the TCK experience.

   2009, David C. Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken, culture kids: growing up among worlds, p. 162

1. abbreviationinitialismJava programming languageInitialism of Technology Compatibility Kit, a suite of tests that at least nominally checks a particular alleged implementation of a Java Specification Request (JSR) for compliance.