steeked

past tense of steek, chiefly Scottish
as in closed
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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  • Northbound Interstate 435 lanes in Shawnee were closed Wednesday afternoon following a crash involving seven vehicles, police said.
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“Steeked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steeked. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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