Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TCHICK
Etymology
Imitative.
Interjection
tchick
A click sound such as a palatal or dental click.
used to urge on a horse or other animal.
used to express disapproval or disappointment
Used to represent similar animal or other natural sounds
Synonyms
• tlk
• tsk
Noun
tchick (plural tchicks)
A clicking sound, such as a palatal or dental click.
Verb
tchick (third-person singular simple present tchicks, present participle tchicking, simple past and past participle tchicked)
(intransitive) to make a tchick sound.
Source: Wiktionary
Tchick, n. [Imitative.]
Definition: A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse. -- v. i.
Definition: To make a tchick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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