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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonathan Swift to this entry?)
Derived terms

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 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/
  • (file)

Adjective

keck (comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten)

  1. sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Keckheit

Descendants

Further reading

  • keck in Duden online
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