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chiack

or ·

[ chahy-uhk ]

verb (used with object)

Australian.
  1. to jeer at; tease; deride.


chiack

/ ˈʃɪæ /

verb

  1. to tease or banter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. good-humoured banter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chiack1

First recorded in 1870–75; probably alteration of cheek
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chiack1

C19: from chi-hike, a shout or greeting
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Example Sentences

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“You won’t chiack or poke borak at his grey and honoured head when, by reason of his endowment of adipose tissue, his wind gives out?”

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