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tec

tec is the alternative form of 'tec.

Meaning of 'tec

Noun

'tec (plural 'tecs)

  1. (slang) A detective.
    • "In the morning the blessed 'tecs will be out in all the stations, no doubt. And if they once got hold of her, for one reason or another she would be lost to him indeed."1907, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

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Noun capitalized: TEC

TEC (plural TECs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of thermoelectric cooler: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of TEC-9.
    • I strap out, step out in every direction / Glock, TECs, jimmy hats, in case I need protection1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah
    • Rep your set, grab a TEC / Leave you wet and project / In the cut like Gillette / Where they serve and don't protect2019, “ZUU”, in ZUU (hip-hop), performed by Denzel Curry

Proper noun capitalized: TEC

TEC

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of The Episcopal Church.

Forms of tec

pluraltecs
pluralTECs

Questions about tec

What is tec the alternative form of?
Tec is the alternative form of 'tec.
What part of speech is tec?
Tec can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tec?
The plural of tec is tecs.

Words near tec in the dictionary

  1. tebufenozide
  2. tebufenpyrad
  3. tebuquine
  4. tebutam
  5. tebuthiuron
  6. tec
  7. tec diving
  8. TECA
  9. tecadenoson
  10. Tecapán
  11. tecastemizole

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tec (page history and authors); TEC (page history and authors); 'tec (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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