Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (also chiach, chi-hike, chi-hoick, chike, chyike) to tease, to fool, to deceive; thus chi-iking n., mockery, teasing.

1848		Bell’s Life in Sydney 28 Oct. 2/6: Because be ‘chi-iked’ him a bit, he wanted to get rid of him, and have the yard to himself.
1850		‘Epistle from Joe Muggins’s Dog’ in Era (London) 16 June 5/3: Thare was [...] no end of chi-iking among them as had kum for ther day.
1858		Bell’s Life in Sydney 17 July 3/2: I used to refresh his memory by ‘chi-hoicking’ him whenever he passed my crib.
1865		Swindon Advertiser 23 Oct. 2/2: Then do the boys shout, then do the boys sing, then do they chi-ike.
1867		R. Whiteing Mr Sprouts, His Opinions 66: I never see such a chikking-killing in my life.
1873		Sl. Dict. 116: Chi-ike to hail in a rough though friendly manner; to support by means of vociferation.
1878		Australian I 742: The circle of frivolous youths who were [...] chy-acking him.
1885		Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Mar. 17/1: The bishop made him grin from ear to ear, / Worse still he ‘chiacked’ publicly Frank Warden.
1891		F.W. Carew Autobiog. of a Gipsey 228: Shice, who did most of the dirty work [...] alternately ‘crabbed’ and ‘chi-iked’ as the case might require.
1893		H. Lawson ‘The Shearing of the Cook’s Dog’ in Roderick (1972) 95: Can’t yer let Curry alone? Wot d’yer want to be chiackin’ him for?
1895		Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 16: Chi-ike, to loudly humbug.
1900		E.W. Rogers [perf. Harry Freeman] ‘Four-p'ny-a'p'ny Banquet’ 🎵 Next day I had another feed, the kids did all chi-hike me.
1901		W.S. Walker In the Blood 20: ’Is ‘push’ was a chyackin me about ’im.
1903		J. Furphy Such is Life 16: You had that bloke to rights. He’s whippin’ the cat now like fury. I was chiackin’ him about the deal.
1907		Sun. Times (Perth) 7 July 1/1: The chiacking of the assembled cake-slingers made him blush like a bonfire.
1908		Leigh & Powell [perf. Marie Lloyd] Rum-tiddley-um-tum-tay! 🎵 Livened up the locals, / And chiked [sic the yokels.
1910		H. Lawson ‘A Tale with Horns’ in Roderick (1972) 714: Yer can imagine how [...] the chaps chyacked me about when they got comfortable roun’ the fire.
1914		E. Pugh Cockney At Home 65: We [...] give the gels rides on the trucks and trolleys, and chyiked the station-masters.
1918		R.H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with the Australians 69: They served out hot tea and in a few moments grumbling gave place to ‘chiaching’; criticism that a few moments ago had been edged was now good-humored.
1926		K.S. Prichard Working Bullocks 140: She wondered if her chiacking of Red about the bullocks had put him off coming.
1928		V. Palmer Passage 75: He’d chiack me every time I had a breakdown.
1932		Sun. Times (Perth) 10 July 45/7: For fear that someone may chi-ike — / Thou shalt not hike.
1934		T. Wood Cobbers 17: Just think how you can chyack those stay-at-homes in Sydney and Melbourne.
1944		A. Marshall These Are My People (1957) 79: There was a girl in the kitchen of a station near Booligal, once [...] I used to chyack her and pull her hair.
1950		(con. 1936–46) K.S. Prichard Winged Seeds (1984) 65: Frisco’s roar of laughter did not put him out of countenance; neither did all the chiacking he got from Tassy and Blunt Pick about his girl friends.
1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 132: I wasn’t in any mood for chyacking when Jack started poking muck at my new mo over lunch.
1959		A. Sillitoe ‘The Disgrace of Jim Scarfedale’ Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1960) 126: Mrs Scarfedale didn’t know I was chiking.
1959		Galton & Simpson ‘Hancock’s Half-Hour’ ser. 5 [radio ascript] I’ve been chi-iked from the gallery.
1968		D. O’Grady Bottle of Sandwiches 83: I came in for my share of chiacking from the boys.
1972		A. Chipper Aussie Swearers Guide 34: This [i.e. banter] is called chyacking. Compare US ribbing, Brit. needling.
1972		G.W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Aus. and N.Z. 107: The list of items valid in both countries is a long one and would include [...] chiack or sling off at ‘mock or tease’.
1982		N. Keesing Lily on the Dustbin 88: The ‘chiacking’ and chorus of disapproval began earlier [and] continued longer.
1996		J. Byrell Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 149: [H]e takes a look at the rest of us and sees no harm or intent to chiack or put-down in us .
2005		Test Match Special 15 Aug. [BBC Radio 4] I get a bit uptight about some of the chi-acking that Warne’s had to put up with over the years.
2019		C. Hammer Silver [ebook] Laughing and chiacking and telling jokes.

2. (also chi-hike) to shout; esp. to shout chi-ike as a hearty greeting or salutation.

1879		‘’Arry on the River’ in Punch 9 Aug. 57/1: We fouled / The last ’eat of a race — such a lark! Oh, good lor’, ’ow they chi-iked and ’owled!
1887		‘’Arry in the Witness-Box’ in Punch 5 Feb. 61/2: When I got the soopeener, I tell yer, I chi-iked and chortled with glee.
1899		R. Whiteing No. 5 John Street 242: Low Covey chi-hikes with a cry.
1905		A. Binstead Mop Fair 122: Who it was that, for sheer sport’s sake had kept chi-iking ‘Louder!’ during the [...] local political meeting in ’79.
1911		L. Stone Jonah 68: Chook remembered her as the red-haired girl whom he had chi-iked at the corner.
1931		S.F. Hatton London’s Bad Boys 39: Lads [...] chi-iking a passing factory girl.
1949		Wodehouse Mating Season 61: You’re simply inviting them to chi-yike and make a noise like tearing calico.
1951		Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 234: ‘Understudying Hirohito?’ someone else chiacked.
1968		S. Gore Holy Smoke 27: So half the time he’s chyacking the pigs outa the way to have a go at their tucker.
1970		K. Willey Naked Island 116: A crowd gathered at the wharf to boo and chiack.
1996		Penguin Bk of More Aus. Jokes 258: [He] was listening to the Salvos in Fortitude Valley. For a while he stood there grinning and chiacking them.
2018		C. Hammer Scrublands [ebook] He sees Carrie the photographer [...] chiacking with the other photograohers.