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kecking

kecking is the present participle and gerund of keck.

Meaning of keck

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: […]...

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Questions about kecking

What is kecking the present participle and gerund of?
Kecking is the present participle and gerund of keck.

Words near kecking in the dictionary

  1. Kechumaran
  2. keck
  3. keck-handed
  4. kecked
  5. keckhanded
  6. kecking
  7. keckish
  8. keckite
  9. keckle
  10. keckled
  11. Keckler

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