This is a slang word. It has recently come to mean “dead.”
The standard word for “dead” is patay.
In the Visayas region, tigok is a name for a plant whose scientific name is Fimbristylis globulosa.
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
tigok: lagok, lunok, lulon, tagok
tigok: to feel uncomfortable eating a particularly desirable food without a child or other loved one joining in
