gekker
English
Etymology
Coined by Scottish zoologist and conservationist David Macdonald in the 1970s, who said in 2014 of gekkering: "I believe it comes from the German word gekkern, and I adapted it, and is probably onomatopoeic".[1]
Verb
gekker (third-person singular simple present gekkers, present participle gekkering, simple past and past participle gekkered)
- To make a series of stuttering throaty vocalizations in the manner of foxes when encountering a rival.