techy

¹ American

[tek-ee] / ˈtɛk i /

noun

a variant of techie.

techy ² American

[tech-ee] / ˈtɛtʃ i /

adjective

techier, techiest

tetchy.

techy ¹ British

/ ˈtɛkɪ /

noun

informal a variant spelling of techie

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

techy ² British

/ ˈtɛtʃɪ /

adjective

a variant spelling of tetchy

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She insisted she was not in the least bit techy and was able to build her company after a lot of sleepless nights, research and "bugging people" who know about tech.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

In some cases, getting more techy can help cut down on waste.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

Fast forward a few years, and I was a stereotypical techy teen with a jailbroken and modded iPod Touch fourth gen.

From The Verge • May 14, 2022

Long exposition and new techy lore stuffed into stretches of talky, cerebral scenes with a runtime that’s already pushing 2 1/2 hours isn’t for every moviegoer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2021

Hit 's been drizzlin' an' been sprinklin', Kin' o' techy all day long.

From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean

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