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keck

[ kek ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to retch; be nauseated.
  2. to feel or show disgust or strong dislike.


keck

1

/ kɛk /

verb

  1. to retch or feel nausea
  2. to feel or express disgust
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


keck

2

/ kɛk /

noun

  1. another name for cow parsnip cow parsley
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of keck1

First recorded in 1595–1605; perhaps akin to choke
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Word History and Origins

Origin of keck1

C17: of imitative origin

Origin of keck2

C17: from kex , which was mistaken as a plural (as if kecks )
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Example Sentences

Wells and thousands of others have found an unexpected forum for abstract art, and Keck has found another market.

Keck has taken a lesson from museum stores and started reproducing her creations on any surface that will hold an image and sell.

His contempt finds voice in such expressions as to "huddle" prayers, and to "keck" at wholesome food.

"Which would presently arrive in the form of grim Death," said Kopy-Keck.

Ye're a member o' the Cawmittee, I obsairve, sae I'll hae to keck up a bet row wi' ye.

He stayed with the dear Kecks, Mother Keck pressing and mending his clothes, hovering over him as if he were her own son.

Hum-Drum and Kopy-Keck applied themselves to their physics and metaphysics; but in vain.

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