tik

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Definition of tik

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(South-Africa, slang, uncountable)crystal meth or speed.

“This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape.”
“Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.”
“Hardly a week goes by without news of a crime bust of some kind involving one of the buses travelling cross-country, with everything from mandrax to tik, marijuana and abalone finding its way on board.”

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noun

(South-Africa, slang, uncountable)crystal meth or speed.

“This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape.”
“Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.”
“Hardly a week goes by without news of a crime bust of some kind involving one of the buses travelling cross-country, with everything from mandrax to tik, marijuana and abalone finding its way on board.”

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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Early 21st century, perhaps imitative of the popping sounds made by meth being lit and smoked.

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