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steek

[ steek, steyk ]

/ stik, steɪk /

verb (used with object) Scot.

to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).

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A bet is synonymous with a wager, but what does it mean in New York?

Often it means something is impossible.

It’s another way to agree with someone.

It serves as an apology.

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Origin of steek

1150–1200; Middle English (north) steken (v.), Old English stician to prick, stab

Words nearby steek

Stębark, stech, Stechhelm, stedfast, steed, steek, steel, steel band, steel blue, steel drum, Steele

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Example sentences from the Web for steek

In Thrums the word used is steek, and sneck seemed to the inhabitants so droll and ridiculous that Hobart got the name of Snecky.
Auld Licht Idylls|J. M. Barrie
"Steek," melodious for stitch, has a combined sense of closing or fastening.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)|John Ruskin
It wad ill become me, efter a' he's dune for us, to steek the door in's face.
David Elginbrod|George MacDonald
Man, I fully meant to turn the bairn, but she ran by at sic a steek 'at there was nae stoppin' her.
When a Man's Single|J. M. Barrie

Steek t' door of your house--if ye own one--and t' door o' your heart--if ye own one--and then ye'll never rue.
Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories|Juliana Horatio Ewing

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