keck

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See also: kecks, kek, Kek, kék, kèk, and K-ÉK

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɛk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1[edit]

Imitative. Compare German köken (to vomit).

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (intransitive) To heave or retch as if to vomit.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From earlier dialectal kex, of Celtic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Latin cicuta (hemlock).

Noun[edit]

keck (uncountable)

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

Etymology 3[edit]

From Manx keck (shit).

Noun[edit]

keck (uncountable)

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

See also[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kec, Upper German form of quec, from Old High German quec, from Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).

The Central German form survives in Quecksilber and erquicken. From Low German stems the doublet quick (chiefly in quicklebendig). Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

keck (strong nominative masculine singular kecker, comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten)

  1. sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)
    Synonyms: kess, frech

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: kek
  • Danish: kæk
  • Norwegian: kjekk
  • Swedish: käck

Further reading[edit]

  • keck” in Duden online
  • keck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Manx[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish cacc (dung, excrement), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (to shit).

Noun[edit]

keck m (genitive singular keck, plural keckyn)

  1. faeces, excrement, defecation
  2. droppings
  3. dung, ordure
  4. (vulgar) shit, crap

Interjection[edit]

keck

  1. (vulgar) Shit!, Fuck!, Crap!

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish caccaid (excretes, verb), from cacc (dung, excrement). See Etymology 1 above.

Verb[edit]

keck (verbal noun keckey, past participle keckit)

  1. to excrete, defecate
  2. (vulgar) to shit, crap

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
keck check geck
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.