A surname. Most commonly associated with the pirate Blackbeard, who gave his real name as Edward Teach, Thatch, or Tack.

A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.

plural of tear / Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tear

(transitive) To run quickly along somewhere. / (transitive) To break something into two pieces by separating at a line of perforations.

A café which serves tea, usually with light food. / (euphemistic, slang) A public lavatory, particularly (US gay slang, dated) as a meeting place for homosexual men.

(transitive, often reflexive) To remove (oneself or another person) reluctantly; often expressed in the negative. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away.

Alternative spelling of tear gas

Alternative spelling of tear gas

(chiefly Britain) The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).