geck

== English == === Etymology === From Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian/North Germanic meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gjække, Swedish gäcka). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Noun === geck (countable and uncountable, plural gecks) (archaic, derogatory, poetic) Fool; idiot; imbecile. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === geck (third-person singular simple present gecks, present participle gecking, simple past and past participle gecked) (ambitransitive, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) To jeer or mock; to show contempt for. To toss (one's head) scornfully; to look (at) derisively or disdainfully. ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “geck”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “geck”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Joseph Wright, editor (1900), “GECK”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume II (D–G), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.