steeking

present participle of steek, chiefly Scottish
as in closing
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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“Steeking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steeking. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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