tchk.

interj.  a sound made by Rikki Tikki Tavi, a character from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.


n.  the sound of a stone shifting, as when nudged by a foot.

<The sound of dripping water had faded away again; there was nothing now to be heard but their own breaths, and the faint sound of their paw-pads on the dry, rough stone—sometimes a tchk as one of them kicked or shifted a bit of stone, and the sound fell flat and loud into the surrounding stillness.  —Diane Duane, The Book of Night with Moon.>

tchp.

n.  the short, sharp call of the Buff-Bellied Hummingbird, as described in Hummingbirds: A Wildlife Handbook by Kim Long.

tchrrrrk tchrrrrk.

n.  the “harsh grating” call of the Brown Bush Warbler, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson.

tck.

interj.  a sound of displeasure or annoyance.

<Then the first man came back, this time careless enough to kick over the small cake of black ink as he passed.  ”Tck!” the seaman exclaimed in annoyance.  —Diana Gabaldon, Voyager.>

n.  a clucking command to a horse.

<“Tck.”  He clucked to our horse and urged it up alongside the leader’s, engaging the burly shadow in quiet Gaelic conversation.  —Diana Gabaldon, Outlander.>

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