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tck

tck is the alternative form of tch.

Meaning of tch

Interjection

  1. a representation of the dental click used to show disapproval or disgust; tut, tsk
    • He jerked off the upper part of the rough coverlet and exposed a visage that caused Mr Carlyle to turn away with a "Tch, tch!" of emotion.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Noun capitalized: TCK

TCK (plural TCKs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism 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

Proper noun capitalized: TCK

TCK

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, Java programming language) Initialism 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.

Forms of tck

pluralTCKs

Questions about tck

What is tck the alternative form of?
Tck is the alternative form of tch.
What part of speech is tck?
Tck can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tck?
The plural of tck is TCKs.

Words near tck in the dictionary

  1. tchungkee
  2. Tchwi
  3. TCI
  4. TCIs
  5. TCJA
  6. tck
  7. TCKs
  8. TCL
  9. Tcler
  10. Tclers
  11. TCLs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tck (page history and authors); TCK (page history and authors); tch (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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