Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Quick; lively; pert.
- To heave the stomach; retch, as in an effort to vomit. Also
keckle . - Hence To feel or manifest strong disgust.
- To act as if retching; arch the neck and protrude the head, as in the act of vomiting.
- noun A retching or heaving of the stomach.
- noun Same as
kex - noun A plant having a hollow stem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare An effort to vomit; queasiness.
- intransitive verb rare To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit.
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- verb intransitive To
retch or heave as if tovomit . - noun dialectal cow parsley
Etymologies
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Examples
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And the remaining quarter came from interesting places like keck. hawaii.edu and c-span. org and unresolvable IP addresses.
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And the remaining quarter came from interesting places like keck. hawaii.edu and c-span. org and unresolvable IP addresses.
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While Fritzi appeared _keck_ at intervals, Gard did not see any excuse for agreeing with the scandalous hints Von Tielitz and Messer threw out about her.
Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Stuart Oliver Henry 1906
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Bacon has "Patients must not keck at them at the first."
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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The blackbird has gone on ahead and made it his business, with sharp "Keck! keck!" to alarm every bird in the woods.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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"Keck, keck!" said the mavis indignantly, and went away.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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"Here, keck in, Tom," he continued; "ye hev the lantern -- and see if all's as ye left it."
Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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And they call the republicans the party of no. keck ...and isn't Canada going to sell this oil to china if not to us ?
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Bacon has "Patients must not keck at them at the first."
The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706
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We're not conducting a survey on keck-tightness, we're considering the new mobiles are so small they'll barely crease the line of the hippest Hoxton scenester or the most stride-constrained waiter.
Crave at CNET UK Rich Trenholm 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word keck
cow parsley
May 11, 2009