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geck

noun
/ɡɛk/

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).

  1. derived from gek or Low German geck

Definitions

  1. Fool

    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?

  2. To jeer or mock

    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

  3. To toss (one's head) scornfully

    To toss (one's head) scornfully; to look (at) derisively or disdainfully.

    • 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 […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname from German.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA