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gekker

gekker is the alternative spelling of gecker.

Meaning of gecker

Noun

gecker (plural geckers)

  1. The series of stuttering throaty vocalizations (usually described as: chattering, chittering, cackling, squeaking, or yakking) in the manner of some primates, jackals, mongooses, and foxes.

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Verb

gekker (third-person singular simple present gekkers, present participle gekkering, simple past and past participle gekkered)

  1. (specifically) To make a series of stuttering throaty vocalizations when encountering a rival.

Forms of gekker

Noun
pluralgekkers
Verb
third-person singular presentgekkers
present participlegekkering
past participlegekkered
pastgekkered

Origin of gekker

Spelling variant of gecker, originating at the latest by 1972.

Questions about gekker

What does gekker mean?
Gekker means to make a series of stuttering throaty vocalizations when encountering a rival.
What is gekker the alternative spelling of?
Gekker is the alternative spelling of gecker.
What part of speech is gekker?
Gekker is a verb.
What is the past tense of gekker?
The past tense of gekker is gekkered.

Words near gekker in the dictionary

  1. Gejeians
  2. Gejia
  3. Gejiu
  4. gejje
  5. gekiga
  6. gekker
  7. gekkered
  8. gekkering
  9. gekkers
  10. gekko
  11. gekkoes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gekker (page history and authors); gecker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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