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Definition of Tchick
1. n. A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse.
Definition of Tchick
1. Noun. The unilateral palatal click used to urge on a horse. ¹
2. Interjection. (Representing this sound.) ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) to make this sound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tchick
1. to make a clicking sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tchick
Literary usage of Tchick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1883)
"tchick ! Now I call that an awful pity, Katie. Poor lady! and poor fellow !
and he has to refuse her! Well, he should not have been so hasty. ..."
2. Life-histories of the Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania by Thomas George Gentry (1876)
"... tchick pronounced in a clear mournful manner, and so distinct as to be heard
at a great distance. Again, the following syllables have been occasionally ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... Petit André drew off to the other side of the path. Scott, Quentin Durward, xiv.
2. An expression of surprise or of contempt. tchick (chik), ..."
4. Constance Aylmar: A Tale of the Times of Peter Stuyvesant by Helen Fitch Parker, Helen Eliza Fitch Parker, 1827-1874 (1889)
"tchick ! but no spark appeared. He was too hasty. ... tchick ! At last a light.
This revealed Engle and Perle clinging to their mother's blanket, ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1905)
"The slope helps him now, but you wait," he said. " tchick, tchick." The young
fellow in front rode his very hardest and chuckled to himself so far as his ..."
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