keck

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare German köken (“to vomit”).

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.

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Derived terms

• keckish

Translations

heave as if to vomit

• Bulgarian: гади ми се (gadi mi se)
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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).

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German quec, from Old High German quec, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Doublet of quick, which is from Low German. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛk/

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Adjective

keck (comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten)

1. sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)

Derived terms

• Keckheit

Related terms

• Quecksilber
• quick
• erquicken

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “keck” in Duden online

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Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”).

Noun

keck m (genitive singular keck, plural keckyn)

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

Interjection

keck

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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).

Verb

keck (verbal noun keckey, past participle keckit)

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

Mutation

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.