CACK

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia.

Noun

cack (plural cacks)

A squawk.

A discordant note.

Verb

cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)

(of a bird) To squawk.

(brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.

Etymology 2

Verb

cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)

(intransitive) To defecate.

(US, slang) To kill.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See defecate

• (to kill): See kill

Noun

cack (plural cacks)

An act of defecation.

Excrement.

Rubbish.

Synonyms

• (excrement): caca; see also feces

Etymology 3

Verb

cack (third-person singular simple present cacks, present participle cacking, simple past and past participle cacked)

(Australian slang) To laugh.

Etymology 4

Noun

cack (uncountable)

(slang) penis.

Source: Wiktionary


Cack, v. i. Etym: [OE. cakken, fr. L. cacare; akin to Gr. cac.]

Definition: To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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