tek

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Northumbria/tɛk/Wearside/tæk/

noun

A method of, or procedure for, extracting, synthesizing, freebasing, or otherwise manufacturing or preparing recreational drugs.

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Meanings

tek1

verbtek (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)

present singular third person teks · participle present teking · participle present tekking · past took · past tekked · past tekt · participle past tekken · participle past tekked · participle past tekt

  1. AppalachiaNorthumbriadatedpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.

    Doncher know a cud hole yuh an' tek a kiss anytime a'd a mine tuh?

    1893, Amélie Rives, Tanis, the Sang-digger

tek2

nountek (plural teks)

plural teks

  1. slangA 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.

    (Can we date this quote?), “Mushroom ethanol extraction”, in Psychonaut Wiki

TEK3

nounTEK (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of traditional ecological knowledge.

Origin

tek · verb

Used to represent a dialectal pronunciation of take.

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tek · noun

Respelled clipping of technique.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tek

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APA

tek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tek

MLA

“tek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tek. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tek,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tek.

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