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词汇 tik
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Definition of tik in English:

tik

noun tɪktɪk
mass nounSouth African informal
  • The drug methamphetamine, especially in a powdered crystalline form.

    four suspects were arrested when officers found nine packets of tik in the vehicle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The witness said that Mngeni wanted the witness to buy him tik, which the witness said he did.
    • Drug abuse, especially the use of tik, remains a major headache for city authorities.
    • A couple of generations later the whole community is like that, the majority on tik.
    • Instead, he's eyeing your wallet and planning a fantastic night of sniffing glue and smoking tik obviously at your expense.
    • Throughout her pregnancy she was smoking up to three bags of tik a day.
    • My best childhood friend is now a tik addict who has spent time in Pollsmoor for armed robbery.
    • Suspects were found with 42 kilograms of tik in a hotel room on Thursday afternoon.
    • Yet the government has failed to learn the lessons that history has to offer, lessons that are directly applicable to the present problem of "tik".
    • Of course, we are not ignoring the fact that both crack and "tik" are extremely dangerous drugs.
    • "I smoked with them, and ever since then I'm smoking," she said while lighting up a tik pipe.

Origin

Early 21st century: perhaps imitative of the distinctive popping sound made when the crystalline form of the drug is lit and smoked.

Definition of tik in US English:

tik

nountiktɪk
South African informal
  • The drug methamphetamine, especially in a powdered crystalline form.

    four suspects were arrested when officers found nine packets of tik in the vehicle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Throughout her pregnancy she was smoking up to three bags of tik a day.
    • Of course, we are not ignoring the fact that both crack and "tik" are extremely dangerous drugs.
    • A couple of generations later the whole community is like that, the majority on tik.
    • The witness said that Mngeni wanted the witness to buy him tik, which the witness said he did.
    • Drug abuse, especially the use of tik, remains a major headache for city authorities.
    • My best childhood friend is now a tik addict who has spent time in Pollsmoor for armed robbery.
    • Suspects were found with 42 kilograms of tik in a hotel room on Thursday afternoon.
    • Yet the government has failed to learn the lessons that history has to offer, lessons that are directly applicable to the present problem of "tik".
    • Instead, he's eyeing your wallet and planning a fantastic night of sniffing glue and smoking tik obviously at your expense.
    • "I smoked with them, and ever since then I'm smoking," she said while lighting up a tik pipe.

Origin

Early 21st century: perhaps imitative of the distinctive popping sound made when the crystalline form of the drug is lit and smoked.

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