chiack

chiack
verb /tʃaijæk/
a) To taunt or tease in jest.

They were cheerful enough, liked a bit of chiacking, and the women enjoyed the bawdy undertones of their jokes.

b) To taunt maliciously.

Most poignantly of all, though, when I get fed up with working alone, I remember Victorian high school staffrooms of the sixties and seventies: the rigid hierarchy with its irritations, but also the chiacking, the squabbles, the timely advice from some old stager with a fag drooping off his lip.


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  • chiack — /chuy euhk/, v.t. Australian. to jeer at; tease; deride. Also, chyack. [1870 75; prob. alter. of CHEEK] * * * …   Universalium

  • Chiack — 1. taunt, jeer; deride; tease; 2. jeering cheek (British dialect chi hike a salute, exclamation) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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  • chiack — chi·ack …   English syllables

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  • Razz — 1. deride; make fun of; chiack; 2. severe criticism; derision (short for raspberry ) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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