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Tik vs Tink - What's the difference?

tik | tink |

As nouns the difference between tik and tink

is that tik is a bitch, a female dog while tink is (dated) a sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

As a verb tink is

to emit a high-pitched noise or tink can be (knitting|slang|transitive) to unknit.

tik

English

Noun

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  • (South Africa, slang) 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. [http://www.sabcnews.com/specialassignment/tiktik.html] - 27k
  • * "Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik ". Weekend Argus 13/14 May 2006 p.12.

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    tink

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a high-pitched noise.
    • Jimmy heard the bells tink .
    Synonyms
    * tinkle
    References
    [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

    • Etymology 2

    knit spelled backwards.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
  • * Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
    • Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
    • If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking ” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

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