techs

1. 1
   nouncolloquial

   Plural of tech.

   The hospital hired three new X-ray techs this spring.

   Sound and lighting techs worked through the night before the show opened.

   Note

   The plural mostly counts people: lab techs, X-ray techs, the sound and lighting crew of a show. Because tech is an informal clipping of technician, the plural suits speech and everyday writing, while formal prose usually prefers technicians. It can also count techniques, technical schools or technical rehearsals. The same spelling is a fighting-game verb, and the sentence shows which is meant.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of tech.

   Whenever his rival lunges in, he techs the throw and resets the fight.

   A top player techs most throws on reaction rather than by guessing.

   Note

   The verb comes from fighting games, where a technical is a special move that cancels an opposing attack; to tech is to perform one. It is transitive, with the attack as its object: he techs the throw, a top player techs most throws on reaction. With a plural subject the -s drops: good players tech throws instead of guessing.

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