Definition of "tech"

tech

/tɛk/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural techs
1. (informal) Technology.
  Quotations
  Remember, something that seems straightforward to you can be very scary to people who don't have enough info or tech knowledge to provide a context or meaning on their own.
  2012, Nancy Lyons, Meghan Wilker, Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process
  "The tech on this is really good. But in essence, it's still a train any competent driver should be able to learn easily.
  2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in RAIL, number 987, page 22
  1. Denotes technology businesses or the technology industry, especially in the field of computing and the Internet.
2. (informal) Technician.
  Quotations
  A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
  2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23
3. (informal) Technique.
4. (informal, used in titles) Technical college.
verb
third-person singular simple present techs, present participle teching, simple past and past participle teched
1. (video games) To perform a technical (a special move in fighting games that cancels out an opposing attack).