Meanings
kek1
- Internetvideo gamesUsed to indicate laughter or humour.
> "an hour or two a day" "chasing old Checkmate posts." > >kek
2014 February 19, Checkmate [username] (quoting [Tor] Friendly Neighborhood Vote> Wrangler Emeritus [username]), “Checkmate's Discount House of Spatulas”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet)2 more examples
Now Freakie boy, for a tasty doggie biscuit, can you try saying that again without any grammatical error? kek kek kek kek kek
2007 October 13, The Cynic [username], “Re: Nobel Peace belong to me.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet)Top kek. I can't believe Apple would derp like THAT, at least the Apple of the mid-1980s.
2013 December 11, Steve Nickolas, “Re: 1984 Apple IIe Owner's Manual”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet)
present singular third person keks · participle present kekking · participle present keking · participle past kekked · past kekked · participle past keked · past keked · participle past kek'd · past kek'd
KEK2
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo laugh.
Origin
- Koreanㅋㅋㅋ“haha”
- Englishkek
Borrowed from Korean ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu, “haha”, representation of laughter). Since this is often used in StarCraft matches, Blizzard, StarCraft’s developers, decided to reference it in World of Warcraft: when a player of the Horde faction types "lol" using the /say messaging command, members of the opposing faction see it as "kek". Not related to "kik", a typo of "lol".
More words from Korean
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French mdr
- mdrindication of laughter or humour
Korean ㅋㅋ
- ㅋㅋ (keukeu)indication of laughter or humour
Russian кек
- кек (kek)indication of laughter or humour
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Cite this entry
kek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kek
“kek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kek. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kek,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kek.
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