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Meaning of GECK

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Geck\, n. [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.
    
    
  2. \Geck\, v. t. [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.
    
    
  3. \Geck\, v. i.
    To jeer; to show contempt. --Sir W. Scott.
    
    
 

 

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