tchick

/ǁ/

tchick means A click sound such as a palatal, lateral, or dental click.; used to urge on a horse or other animal.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tchick ranks #6,637 of 42,747 for Qualifying.

tchick is pronounced /ǁ/.

Etymology

Imitative.

intj

A click sound such as a palatal, lateral, or dental click.; used to urge on a horse or other animal.
A click sound such as a palatal, lateral, or dental click.; used to express disapproval or disappointmente.g.“Tchick! Tchick! Now I call that an awful pity Katie.” — 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son, page 241:
Used to represent similar animal or other natural soundse.g.“The clumsy Herr was trying in vain to strike a light with a flint. Tchick! Tchick! but no spark appeared.” — 1869, Helen Fitch Parker, Constance Aylmer., page 89:

to make a tchick sound.e.g.“And the glass of water they've left for me Shall 'tchick!' to tell them I'm drinking!” — 1857, Thomas Buchanan Read, The Female Poets of America:

Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

tch 70% match — a representation of the dental click used to show disapproval or disgust; tut, tsk vs tchick →
chickling 64% match — A small chick or chicken; a baby chick. vs tchick →
clicking 63% match — The sound or action of a click. vs tchick →
clacking 63% match — A sound that clacks. vs tchick →
clack 63% match — An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk. vs tchick →
cluck 63% match — The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks. vs tchick →
clickety 63% match — A clicking sound suggesting mechanical motion. vs tchick →
chicklet 61% match — A small or young chick. vs tchick →