tchick

(tʃɪk)

(Linguistics) the clicking sound made by pressing the tongue against the palate and then suddenly breaking the seal by withdrawing part of the tongue

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Rather than a striking yodel, the most frequent call of the great spotted woodpecker is a simple metallic 'tchick' that once recognised is easy to discern from surrounding bird sounds.

Pining for the magical Banchory woodpecker; Talk on the wild side

Finders Keepers is a breakneck, sometimes infuriating, yet utterly addictive cut-and-paste voyage into the realm of the sonically strange, including such gloriously named acts as Jack Hendrix's Tchick Bams and The Devil's Anvil.

The Bay is alive with the sound of connie

Ele usa uma expressao onomatopeica ("tchick") em vez de proferir a palavra "corte", e Bina nao valida essa expressao como resposta (26), pedindo detalhamento (linha 168).

Analise de categorias de pertenca (ACP) em estudos de linguagem e genero: a (des)construcao discursiva do homogeneo masculino