ker-


  1. an unstressed syllable prefixed to onomatopoeic and other expressive words, usually forming adverbs or interjections: kerflop; kerplunk; ker-splosh.

Origin of ker-

1
Perhaps from Scots dialect car-, cur-, currie- (as in carfuffle, carwhuffle “to disarrange,” carnaptious “irritable,” curriebuction “a confused gathering, etc.”), based on car, earlier ker “left (hand or side),” from Scots Gaelic cearr “wrong, awkward, left-handed” (compare Middle Irish cerr “crooked, maimed”); variants without r probably reflect forms in r-less dialects
  • Also ca-, ka- .

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How to use ker- in a sentence

  • I war jes agwine to de house wen I see dese yer hosses comin ker-blip!

    The White Shield | Myrtle Reed
  • Coliko coliko saulo we Apopli to the farming ker Will wel and mang him mullo, Will wel and mang his truppo.

    The Romany Rye | George Borrow