geck (countable and uncountable, plural gecks)
scorn; derision; contempt
(archaic, pejorative, poetic) Fool; idiot; imbecile
geck (third-person singular simple present gecks, present participle gecking, simple past and past participle gecked)
(ambitransitive) To jeer; to show contempt for.
To cheat or trick.
Source: Wiktionary
Geck, n. Etym: [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.]
1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.] To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy. Shak.
Geck, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See Geck, n.]
1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.
Geck, v. i.
Definition: To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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