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Webster 1913 Edition


Keck

Keck

(kĕk)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Kecked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Kecking
.]
[Cf. dial. G.
köcken
,
köken
.]
To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit.
[R.]
Swift.

Keck

,
Noun.
An effort to vomit; queasiness.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Keck

KECK

,
Verb.
I.
To heave the stomach; to reach, as in an effort to vomit. [Little used.]

KECK

,
Noun.
A reaching or heaving of the stomach.

Definition 2024


keck

keck

English

Verb

keck (third-person singular simple present kecks, present participle kecking, simple past and past participle kecked)

  1. (intransitive) To retch or heave as if to vomit.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonathan Swift to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Celtic

Noun

keck (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).

Etymology 3

Noun

keck (uncountable)

  1. (Isle of Man) animal dung
References
  • 1924, Sophia Morrison, Edmund Goodwin, A vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect (page 98).

German

Etymology

From Old High German quec, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive) (whence Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj)). Cognate to English quick and Dutch kwiek (lively).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛk/

Adjective

keck (comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten)

  1. sassy (bold and spirited; cheeky)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Keckheit

Descendants