Meaning of tik | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The station code of Tiu Keng Leng in Hong Kong.
2. crystal meth or speed.
   South-Africa, slang, uncountable

Examples

“This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape.”

“Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.”

“Hardly a week goes by without news of a crime bust of some kind involving one of the buses travelling cross-country, with everything from mandrax to tik, marijuana and abalone finding its way on board.”

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