different between keak vs keck

English

Verb

keak (third-person singular simple present keaks, present participle keaking, simple past and past participle keaked)

1. (archaic) To cackle or laugh.
2. (Yorkshire) To jerk a limb or tilt the head.

References

• (cackle, laugh) Keak, in Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, by Susan Kelz Sperling, 1977, page 16.
• (to jerk, to tilt) Keak, in A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire..., by C. Clough Robinson, 1867, page 67[1]

Anagrams

• Ekka, ekka

Basque

Noun

keak

1. absolutive plural of ke
2. ergative singular of ke

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To retch or heave as if to vomit.
   • 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy

     The faction (is it not notorious?)>br>Keck at the memory of Glorious:

Derived terms

• keckish

Translations

Etymology 2

Celtic.

Noun

keck (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).

Etymology 3

From Manx keck (“shit”)

Noun

keck (uncountable)

1. (Isle of Man) animal dung

References

• 1924, Sophia Morrison, Edmund Goodwin, A vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect (page 98).

German

Etymology

From Middle High German quec, from Old High German quec, from Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ih?wós (“alive”).

Doublet of quick, which is from Low German. Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin v?vus, Russian ????? (živoj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/

Adjective

keck (comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten)

1. sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)

Declension

Derived terms

• Keckheit

Related terms

• Quecksilber
• quick
• erquicken

Descendants

• Dutch: kek
• Danish: kæk
• Norwegian: kjekk
• Swedish: käck

Further reading

• “keck” in Duden online

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakk?, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to shit”).

Noun

keck m (genitive singular keck, plural keckyn)

1. faeces, excrement, defecation
2. droppings
3. dung, ordure
4. (vulgar) shit, crap

Interjection

keck

1. (vulgar) Shit!, Fuck!, Crap!

Etymology 2

From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).

Verb

keck (verbal noun keckey, past participle keckit)

1. excrete, defecate
2. (vulgar) shit, crap

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