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technical

technical

3 9.9
A pickup truck with a mounted gun used in war or fighting
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛknɪkəl/
  • Jargon
translation icon : camioneta artillada
  • I hope they can find a good middle ground like what they had going with the technicals starting and ending the season in 2010-2011.
  • a technical vehicle
  • called technicals
  • known as technicals

You know, you know what technicals are those Hiluxes with those disgas or anti aircraft guns in the back or a pecan mounted and it's it's badass militia.

Examples

  • I'm a bit of an amateur when it comes to the technicals of it.

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  • The upside is not limited by technicals for both.

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  • Come at us with technicals next.

  • I got 40, 50 vehicles, including technicals.

  • Is that you shooting up the technicals?

  • Generally and recently, in terms of Point and Figure technicals, the TSX composite index has been doing better than the US markets.

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  • We may become more interested in a position in our market-beating Best Ideas portfolio if the firm's technicals improve or if the stock becomes too cheap to ignore (it's not there yet).

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  • The work is a result of a collaboration between the UA and Nitto Denko Technical, or NDT, a company in Oceanside, Calif.

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  • The rebels used several technicals, equipped with heavy weapons, to secure their position in the conflict.

  • During the attack, they relied on their technicals to provide cover with machine gun fire.

Compounds

Skill and knowledge in a particular practical or scientific area

7 4.3

A penalty called for bad behaviour during play that gives the other team a free throw

A school that teaches practical skills for jobs like car repair or computer work

A fight stopped by the referee because one fighter cannot continue safely

technical analysis
  • Specialized
2 4.4

Study of past prices and how much people trade to predict future market trends

technical analyst
  • Specialized
2 5.7

A person who studies stock prices and trading volumes to predict market moves using charts

1 4.0

A senior military member in the air force or marines below a master sergeant who supervises junior people

A U.S. Department of Defense center that collects and shares scientific and technical reports with government agencies and contractors

A U.S. government agency that gives access to scientific and technical government reports

technical-grade
  • Specialized
6.7

A material that has small amounts of unwanted substances and is used in industry

technical grade
  • Specialized
6.0

A chemical that is pure enough for use in factories but has some impurities

How Armed

weapons carrier
  • Specialized
1 6.6
armored vehicle
  • Specialized
22 3.4
technical
  • Jargon
3 9.9
pickup truck
  • US
76 2.5
unarmed
163 2.7

Surface Forms

technical singular
technicals plural

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the noun technical for an armed pickup is this: one popular story says the name came from the phrase technical assistance used by aid groups in Somalia. Vehicles bought as 'technical assistance' were used as armed pickups, so reporters began to call a weapon-mounted pickup a 'technical'.