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Keck

//kɛk// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris). dialectal, uncountable
  2. 2
    animal dung uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To heave or retch as if to vomit. intransitive

    "The faction (is it not notorious?) / Keck at the memory of Glorious [William III of England]: […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare German köken (“to vomit”).

Etymology 2

From earlier dialectal kex, of Celtic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Latin cicuta (“hemlock”).

Etymology 3

From Manx keck (“shit”).

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