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teched

teched is the alternative form of tetched.

teched is the simple past and past participle of tech.

Meaning of tetched

Adjective

tetched (comparative more tetched, superlative most tetched)

  1. (US, colloquial) Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.
    • "His mind was as keen as a razor, an' as straight-edged, 'xcept jest on one subject. On that he was, so to say, a little—wal—a little tetched."1889, Laura E. Richards, chapter 9, in Queen Hildegarde
  2. (US, colloquial) Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled.
    • "They ain't bin tetched or handled by any one but the Kempany's agents."1899, Bret Harte, “Dick Spindler's Family Christmas”, in Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories

Meaning of tech

Verb

tech (third-person singular simple present techs, present participle teching, simple past and past participle teched)

  1. To perform a technical (a special move in fighting games that cancels out an opposing attack).

See all 6 meanings of tech

Forms of teched

comparativemore teched
superlativemost teched

Phrases with teched

Questions about teched

What is teched the alternative form of?
Teched is the alternative form of tetched.

Words near teched in the dictionary

  1. tech-savvy
  2. Tech.
  3. techbro
  4. techbros
  5. techdom
  6. teched
  7. teched up
  8. techel
  9. Techelminar
  10. techie
  11. techier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teched (page history and authors); tetched (page history and authors); tech (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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