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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An illusion; trick; cheat. Scotland, dialectal

Verb

1. 1
   To befool; deceive; balk; jilt. Scotland, dialectal, transitive

Etymology

Perhaps from a nasalised variant of Scots begeck (“to deceive, disappoint”), equivalent to be- + geck.

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