geck
noun
- fool, simpleton, dupe
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡɛk/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Geck.
- A surname from German.
noun
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).
- Fool; idiot; imbecile.
“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?”
verb
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).
- To jeer or mock; to show contempt for.
“To say that ye was geck'd ye'se hae nae need.”
“And Jenny geck'd at Roger, […]”
- To toss (one's head) scornfully; to look (at) derisively or disdainfully.
“... The like o ' me they'll har'ly own , But geck their head , an ' gester on , An ' fou'd they speak , Set up their beek . They wi ' a jeer , or crabit frown , But yet the day or lang may light , Whan matters will be judged right ; We've[…]”
“Out-throw the rest my aunty gecket, / To see which way she was dissecket;”