keck

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === 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) (intransitive) To heave or retch as if to vomit. ===== Derived terms ===== keckish ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From earlier dialectal kex, of Celtic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Latin cicuta (“hemlock”). ==== Noun ==== keck (uncountable) (dialectal) The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris). === Etymology 3 === From Manx keck (“shit”). ==== Noun ==== keck (uncountable) (Isle of Man) animal dung ===== References ===== 1924, Sophia Morrison, Edmund Goodwin, A vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect (page 98). === See also === keck-handed (probably etymologically unrelated) == German == === Alternative forms === kek (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German këc, Upper German form of quëc, from Old High German quëc, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). The Central German form survives in Quecksilber and erquicken. From Low German stems the doublet quick (chiefly in quicklebendig). Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɛk/ === Adjective === keck (strong nominative masculine singular kecker, comparative kecker, superlative am kecksten) sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited) Synonyms: kess, frech ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Keckheit ==== Related terms ==== Quecksilber quick erquicken ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: kek Danish: kæk Norwegian: kjekk Swedish: käck === Further reading === “keck” in Duden online “keck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Manx == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kek/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to shit”). ==== Noun ==== keck m (genitive singular keck, plural keckyn) faeces, excrement, defecation droppings dung, ordure (vulgar) shit, crap ==== Interjection ==== keck (vulgar) Shit!, Fuck!, Crap! === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish caccaid (“to excrete”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”). See Etymology 1 above. ==== Verb ==== keck (verbal noun keckey, past participle keckit) to excrete, defecate (vulgar) to shit, crap === Mutation ===