cacks
/kæks/
cacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cack.
Noun
cacks pl (plural only)
- Trousers.
- 'Timothy,' pronounced the gargoyliest, 'Cavendish, I presume. Caught with your cacks down.'2012, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
- They then leap out of the grass, still in their gear, with their helmets on, drag the youngfella inside, rip off his cacks, play with his mickey , and then speed off again on their motorbikes . Saidhbh says that the lads are going to wait for them to come and then kick the living shit out of their...2013, Kevin Maher, The Fields
- Underpants.
- I hadta strip down t'my cacks. And I just looked attum: 'Ah, hey...Y'know well I don't've any books down my cacks, or up my ass.'2016, Dan Finn, Likely Story, page 102
Meaning of cack
Verb (1)
cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)
- To squawk.
- Still fluffy with down, she often attacks the other birds, cacking and flashing her wings, or threatens me as I watch through the tiny peephole of the near box.1990, P. H. Liotta, Learning to Fly, page 32
- To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
- The bugler hopes not to cack during his performance.
- To laugh.
- I had to cack when you fell down the stairs.
Verb (2)
cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)
- To defecate.
- Can't cack... won't cack, My bum hole has gone on strike, I've huffed and puffed, grunted and groaned, And squeezed as hard as I liked, I've leant myself backwards, leant to the front, Raised my knees and then put them back, I've gripped the seat and pushed like hell, But still...I can't have a...2014, 'Rock Rampant', Mauve Flush, page 245
- To defecate (on); to shit.
- ‘I asked him once if he got nervous before doing it,’ says Astin, ‘and he said he was absolutely cacking himself before going on stage, but as soon as he got there it was fantastic.’2005, M. J. Simpson, Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams, page 322
- Synonyms:
- defecate
- To excrete (something) by defecation.
- He smelled the ferrous oxide of blood and the farmyard stench of shit. He'd cacked it. He was empty and he'd cacked his load. The brushman came over, lisping slightly[…]2016, Nicholas Blincoe, Jello Salad, Canelo, →ISBN
Origin of cacks
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From earlier kicks (“breeches”). Cognate with English kecks.
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Words that rhyme with cacks
Questions about cacks
- What does cacks mean?
- Cacks means trousers.
- What is cacks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Cacks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cack.
- What part of speech is cacks?
- Cacks is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cacks?
- Cacks is pronounced /kæks/.
Words near cacks in the dictionary
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