steek

verb

ˈstēk How to pronounce steek (audio)
Definition of steeknext
chiefly Scottish
as in to shut
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steek
  1. shut
  2. close
  3. lock
Verb
  • During pandemic-era lockdowns, when everything from gyms and night clubs to pubs were shut, running exploded in popularity, with Gen Z pushing the surge.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Catcher Will Smith’s timeline to return from a neck injury remains unclear, after the Dodgers temporarily shut him down from baseball activities, beginning around the All-Star break.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of shut
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  • Salty Iguana, on the other hand, permanently closed all of its restaurants over a year ago.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • For longstanding equity gaps to be closed, improvements among these student groups must outpace overall progress.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of close
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  • Indeed, some analysts previously told ABC News the current selloff owes primarily to a phenomenon called profit-taking, when traders sell off some of their shares to lock in returns after a prolonged run-up in price.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Beijing is regulating intimacy, but what is being built, there and everywhere, is a permanent record of the interior life, and the interior life was the one room a person could always lock.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of lock
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“Steek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steek. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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