geck
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Definition of geck
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic, countable, derogatory, poetic, uncountable)Fool; idiot; imbecile.
“To become the geck and scorn / O' the other's villainy.”
“… for where’s the use of a woman having brains of her own if she’s tackled to a geck as everybody’s a-laughing at?”
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noun
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(archaic, countable, derogatory, poetic, uncountable)Fool; idiot; imbecile.
“To become the geck and scorn / O' the other's villainy.”
“… for where’s the use of a woman having brains of her own if she’s tackled to a geck as everybody’s a-laughing at?”
verb
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(Northern-England, Scotland, ambitransitive)To jeer or mock; to show contempt for.
“To say that ye was geck'd ye'se hae nae need.”
“And Jenny geck'd at Roger, […]”
“I brought her frae England, and, during our whole journey, she gecked and scorned at my northern speech and habit”
“She ... gecks at me , and says I smell o' tar.”
“Oh, geck na' at hame hodden grey, Jean Linn! Oh, geck na' at hame hodden grey!”
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To toss (one's head) scornfully; to look (at) derisively or disdainfully.
“... The like o ' me they'll har'ly own , But geck their head , an ' gester on , An ' fou'd they speak , Set up their beek . They wi ' a jeer , or crabit frown , But yet the day or lang may light , Whan matters will be judged right ; We've[…]”
“Out-throw the rest my aunty gecket, / To see which way she was dissecket;”
“... he was saying that to geck you're free, If now he sings upon the primrose […]”
“... Adieu , my Liege ! may Freedom geck Beneath your high protection;[…]”
“... it set oor auld gossips a-geckin' Whan' the news o't cam' hame to auld Robbie Macmeeken.”
name
- A surname from German.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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).
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