Kecks
verb (used without object)
1.
to retch; be nauseated.
2.
to feel or show disgust or strong dislike.
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keck1 (kɛk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to retch or feel nausea |
| 2. | to feel or express disgust |
| [C17: of imitative origin] | |
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Kecks
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| keck2 (kɛk) | |
| —n | |
| cow parsnip another name for cow parsley | |
| [C17: from | |
| kecks or keks (kɛks) | |
| —pl n | |
| dialect (Northern English) trousers | |
| [C19: from obsolete kicks breeches] | |
| keks or keks | |
| —pl n | |
| [C19: from obsolete kicks breeches] | |
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Word Origin & History
keck
"to make a sound as if to vomit," 1530s, echoic.
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