tec1
/tɛk
/noun informal, dated
A detective.JEALOUS Debbie hired a private 'tec to find out if Jim was cheating on her....
- You would have to prove your statements are true and this would probably mean using a private tec, which is expensive.
Origin
Late 19th century: abbreviation.
Rhymes
TEC2
/tɛk/abbreviation historical
(In the UK) Training and Enterprise Council.
- Sellafield
- sella turcica
- sell-by date
- selldown
- seller
- seller's (or sellers') market
- Sellers, Peter
- sell-in
- selling point
- selling race
- sell like hot cakes
- sell-off
- sell off the farm
- sell one's soul (to the devil)
- sell (or sell off) the family jewels
- sell (or sell off) the family silver
- Sellotape
- sell-out
- sell short
- sell someone a bill of goods
- sell someone a dummy
- sell someone a (or the) dummy
- sell someone a pup
- sell someone down the river
- sell someone/thing short