keck
Americanverb (used without object)
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to retch; be nauseated.
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to feel or show disgust or strong dislike.
verb
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to retch or feel nausea
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to feel or express disgust
noun
Etymology
Origin of keck
First recorded in 1595–1605; perhaps akin to choke
Example Sentences
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If they can sit with us at table, why do they keck at our cookery?
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
Bacon has "Patients must not keck at them at the first."
From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan
Then ye'll jist to hae to keck it doon again.
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
His contempt finds voice in such expressions as to "huddle" prayers, and to "keck" at wholesome food.
From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
What! do we talk Of paring, clipping, and such tedious work, Like those that hang their noses o'er a potion, And qualm, and keck, and take it down by sips!
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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