geck
/ɡɛk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To toss (one's head) scornfully; to look (at) derisively or disdainfully.
Example Sentences
- "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?"
- "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"
- "She ... gecks at me , and says I smell o' tar."
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Geck