Chiack vs Chack - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between chiack and chack

is that chiack is (australian) to taunt or tease in jest while chack is to toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle or chack can be (ice-skating) to not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance this only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time if a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.

chiack

English

Alternative forms

* chyack

Verb

(en verb)

(Australian) To taunt or tease in jest.

* 1987 , Sheila Anderson, End of the Season'', in Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson (editors), ''Frictions, An Anthology of Fiction by Women , page 45,

They were cheerful enough, liked a bit of chiacking , and the women enjoyed the bawdy undertones of their jokes.

* 2008 , Helen Garner, The Art of the Dumb Question'', in ''True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction , page 13,

Most poignantly of all, though, when I get fed up with working alone, I remember Victorian high school staffrooms of the sixties and seventies: the rigid hierarchy with its irritations, but also the chiacking , the squabbles, the timely advice from some old stager with a fag drooping off his lip.

* 2008 , , The Naked Truth: A Life in Parts , 2011, unnumbered page,

We believed Melbourne?s two most extraordinary institutions were those of chiacking' – taking the piss – and larrikinism. Although the latter would develop derogatory connotations, and ' chiacking was already beginning to die a slow death, sometimes perceived as offensive in its more alcoholic forms, especially by the women in our group.

(British) To taunt maliciously.

The gang of youths chiacked the academic.

Synonyms

* hound * taunt * jeer

References

chack

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(en verb)

To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

Etymology 2

From , an American figure skater whose bronze medal winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on televsion because the producers did not think he would win a medal.

Verb

(en verb)

(ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.

*1998: Louis Epstein, US National Men's Final RESULTS in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/5e40b3fa477ba70b/da64de9bdfc766b8?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=4#da64de9bdfc766b8]

*:Michael Chack pulled WAY up in the standings in his long [skate event]...but was chacked while we saw five guys skate worse!!

*2002: Jonas, International Skating Union Discussion Boards: Figure Skating: Yukari Nakano, the reigning world jr silver medalist, landed a triple axel [http://ww2.isu.org/discus/messages/1/34784a84.html?MondayOctober2120020203pm]

*:I'm hoping ABC doesn't chack her performance...how could they??

*2004: Rex, The Rest of Skate Canada: Phaneuf Rocks! The First Time I saw the Two Canadian Pairs Skate! in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/d0998ee9fbbe1c72/26a9559efe8a5db7?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=20#26a9559efe8a5db7]

*:Did they chack Kostner's skate because of the fluff piece on the Russian pairs or not? I kind of like her and wanted to see her.

References

*(Michael Chack) * Origins of the term 'Chack' * rec.sport.skating.ice.figure FAQ * Background information on Michael Chack * Michael Chack on FSM English eponyms