tjack
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from tjacka (“buy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕakː/
- Rhymes: -ak
Noun
tjack n
- (slang) speed (amphetamine)
- Synonym: amfetamin
- (slang, chiefly in compounds) narcotic, illegal drug
- Synonym: knark
- (slang, dated) a girl, a chick
- 1986, Magnus Uggla (lyrics and music), “Fula gubbar [Dirty old men]”:
- Ut och ragga tonårstjack, tills han får en hjärtattack.
- Go out and hit on teenage chicks, until he has a heart attack.
Usage notes
The generic sense of buy reappears in intjack (“burglary”).
Declension
| Declension of tjack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | tjack | tjacket | — | — |
| Genitive | tjacks | tjackets | — | — |
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