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-tok

UK/-ˌtɒk/US/-ˌtɑk/

-tok is the alternative letter-case form of -Tok.

Suffix capitalized: -Tok

-Tok (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. (Internet) Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of videos on the social media platform TikTok.
    • Luckily, TikTok – more specifically, ‘QueerTok’, stepped in to provide a little bit of joy and education while we were stuck inside. A quick scroll through QueerTok will offer you an abundance of all things digital bisexual culture.2021 September 22, Alice Broster, “How 'QueerTok' is helping bisexual people overcome internalised biphobia”, in Cosmopolitan
    • It’s difficult to find content on TikTok, the short-form video platform, that romanticises personal sacrifice in the name of work. / Instead, “CorporateTok” — a genre that’s loosely organised around hashtags like “corporate” or “work” — showcases young employees who are critical of traditional...2022 June 29, Isabel Berwick, Sophia Smith, “The rise of the ‘slow work’ movement”, in Financial Times

Forms of -tok

alternative form-tok

Origin of -tok

Clipping of TikTok.

Questions about -tok

What does -tok mean?
-tok means combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of videos on the social media platform TikTok.
What is -tok the alternative letter-case form of?
-tok is the alternative letter-case form of -Tok.
What part of speech is -tok?
-tok is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -tok?
-tok is pronounced /-ˌtɒk/ (UK).

Words near -tok in the dictionary

  1. -tizide
  2. -tizolam
  3. -tler
  4. -to-be
  5. -toin
  6. -tok
  7. -tome
  8. -tomous
  9. -tomy
  10. -ton
  11. -tonia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -tok (page history and authors); -Tok (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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