keck

K5E1C3K5
/kɛk/

verb

To heave or retch as if to vomit.

OriginManx keck →
Less commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

keck1

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

present singular third person kecks · participle present kecking · participle past kecked · past kecked

  1. intransitiveTo 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: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 404
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    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

keck2

nounkeck (uncountable)
  1. dialectaluncountableThe cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).

keck3

nounkeck (uncountable)
  1. uncountableIsle of Mananimal dung

Keck4

proper nounKeck (plural Kecks)

plural Kecks

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cow parsley

Origin

keck · verb

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

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keck · noun

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

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keck · noun

  1. Manxkeck“shit”
  2. Englishkeck

From Manx keck (“shit”).

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Translations

Bulgarian гадя се
  • гадя се (gadja se)heave as if to vomit

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with keck

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Cite this entry
APA

keck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keck

MLA

“keck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keck.

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