geck

Noun

(plural gecks)

scorn; derision; contempt
(archaic, pejorative) Fool; idiot; imbecile
- 1859, George Eliot, “IX Hetty's World”, in Adam Bede, edition HTML, published 2010:
  … 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?

Verb

(third-person singular simple present gecks, present participle gecking, simple past and past participle gecked)

To jeer; to show contempt.
To cheat or trick.

Origin

Either from Middle High German geck (German Geck), or directly from its source, Middle Low German geck, gek (“idiot, farcical fool”). Cognate to Dutch gek (“crazy, farcical, silly”).

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