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keck

/kɛk/

keck verb: to heave or retch as if to vomit.

Verb

keck (third-person singular simple present kecks, present participle kecking, simple past and past participle kecked)

  1. (intransitive) To heave or retch as if to vomit.
    • The faction (is it not notorious?) / Keck at the memory of Glorious [William III of England]: […]1728, Jonathan Swift, “A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VII, London: […]...
    • Indeed Erskine never opened his mouth, in Watt's presence, except to eat, or belch, or cough, or keck, or muse, or sigh, or sing, or sneeze.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Noun (1)

keck (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).

Noun (2)

keck (uncountable)

  1. (Isle of Man) animal dung

Proper noun capitalized: Keck

Keck (plural Kecks)

  1. A surname.

keck meaning in Tamil

keck in Tamil

நெண்டு, குமட்டு

Forms of keck

Verb
third-person singular presentkecks
present participlekecking
past participlekecked
pastkecked
Proper noun
pluralKecks

Origin of keck

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

From earlier dialectal kex, of Celtic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Latin cicuta (“hemlock”).

From Manx keck (“shit”).

Words formed from keck

Words that rhyme with keck

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Questions about keck

What does keck mean?
Keck means to heave or retch as if to vomit.
What is keck in Tamil?
Keck in Tamil is நெண்டு, குமட்டு. See Keck meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is keck?
Keck can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce keck?
Keck is pronounced /kɛk/.
What is the past tense of keck?
The past tense of keck is kecked.

Words near keck in the dictionary

  1. Kechienjian
  2. Kechror
  3. Kechua
  4. Kechuan
  5. Kechumaran
  6. keck
  7. keck-handed
  8. kecked
  9. keckhanded
  10. kecking
  11. keckish

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