keck
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kɛk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
Etymology 1
editImitative. Compare German köken (“to vomit”).
Verb
editkeck (third-person singular simple present kecks, present participle kecking, simple past and past participle kecked)
- (intransitive) To heave or retch as if to vomit.
- 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: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 404:
- The faction (is it not notorious?) / Keck at the memory of Glorious [William III of England]: […]
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- 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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Etymology 2
editFrom earlier dialectal kex, of Celtic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Latin cicuta (“hemlock”).
Noun
editkeck (uncountable)
- (dialectal) The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).
Etymology 3
editNoun
editkeck (uncountable)
References
edit- 1924, Sophia Morrison, Edmund Goodwin, A vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect (page 98).
See also
edit- keck-handed (probably etymologically unrelated)
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German kec, Upper German form of quec, from Old High German quec, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
The Central German form survives in Quecksilber and erquicken. From Low German stems the doublet quick (chiefly in quicklebendig). Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editkeck (strong nominative masculine singular kecker, comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist keck | sie ist keck | es ist keck | sie sind keck | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | kecker | kecke | keckes | kecke |
genitive | kecken | kecker | kecken | kecker | |
dative | keckem | kecker | keckem | kecken | |
accusative | kecken | kecke | keckes | kecke | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der kecke | die kecke | das kecke | die kecken |
genitive | des kecken | der kecken | des kecken | der kecken | |
dative | dem kecken | der kecken | dem kecken | den kecken | |
accusative | den kecken | die kecke | das kecke | die kecken | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein kecker | eine kecke | ein keckes | (keine) kecken |
genitive | eines kecken | einer kecken | eines kecken | (keiner) kecken | |
dative | einem kecken | einer kecken | einem kecken | (keinen) kecken | |
accusative | einen kecken | eine kecke | ein keckes | (keine) kecken |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist kecker | sie ist kecker | es ist kecker | sie sind kecker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | keckerer | keckere | keckeres | keckere |
genitive | keckeren | keckerer | keckeren | keckerer | |
dative | keckerem | keckerer | keckerem | keckeren | |
accusative | keckeren | keckere | keckeres | keckere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der keckere | die keckere | das keckere | die keckeren |
genitive | des keckeren | der keckeren | des keckeren | der keckeren | |
dative | dem keckeren | der keckeren | dem keckeren | den keckeren | |
accusative | den keckeren | die keckere | das keckere | die keckeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein keckerer | eine keckere | ein keckeres | (keine) keckeren |
genitive | eines keckeren | einer keckeren | eines keckeren | (keiner) keckeren | |
dative | einem keckeren | einer keckeren | einem keckeren | (keinen) keckeren | |
accusative | einen keckeren | eine keckere | ein keckeres | (keine) keckeren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am kecksten | sie ist am kecksten | es ist am kecksten | sie sind am kecksten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | keckster | keckste | keckstes | keckste |
genitive | kecksten | keckster | kecksten | keckster | |
dative | keckstem | keckster | keckstem | kecksten | |
accusative | kecksten | keckste | keckstes | keckste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der keckste | die keckste | das keckste | die kecksten |
genitive | des kecksten | der kecksten | des kecksten | der kecksten | |
dative | dem kecksten | der kecksten | dem kecksten | den kecksten | |
accusative | den kecksten | die keckste | das keckste | die kecksten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein keckster | eine keckste | ein keckstes | (keine) kecksten |
genitive | eines kecksten | einer kecksten | eines kecksten | (keiner) kecksten | |
dative | einem kecksten | einer kecksten | einem kecksten | (keinen) kecksten | |
accusative | einen kecksten | eine keckste | ein keckstes | (keine) kecksten |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
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editFurther reading
editManx
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to shit”).
Noun
editkeck m (genitive singular keck, plural keckyn)
Interjection
editkeck
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”). See Etymology 1 above.
Verb
editkeck (verbal noun keckey, past participle keckit)
Mutation
editManx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
keck | check | geck |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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