tjack
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from tjacka (“buy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕakː/
Noun
tjack n
- (slang) speed (amphetamine)
- Synonym: amfetamin
- (slang, chiefly in compounds) narcotic, illegal drug
- Synonym: knark
Usage notes
The generic sense of buy reappears in intjack (“burglary”).
Declension
| Declension of tjack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tjack | tjacket | tjack | tjacken |
| Genitive | tjacks | tjackets | tjacks | tjackens |
Derived terms
- intjack
- metatjack
- nedåttjack
- tjackhora
- tjackpundare
- tjackrace
- uppåttjack
References
- tjack in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tjack in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tjack in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)