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单词 geck
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geckn.1

/ɡɛk/
Forms: 1500s geke, 1600s gecke, 1500s, 1800s geck ( geek).
Etymology: apparently < Low German geck, = Middle Dutch gec(k , ghec(k , Dutch gek adjective and noun; related (either as source or derivative) to gecken geck v. From Low German the word passed into the High German dialects, Middle High German geck(e, German geck, and into Scandinavian, Danish gjæk, Swedish gäck, Norwegian gjekk, ? Icelandic gikkr.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
A fool, simpleton; one who is befooled or derided, a dupe.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe
foola1382
woodcockc1430
geckc1530
cousinc1555
cokes1567
milch cow1582
gudgeon1584
coney1591
martin1591
gull1594
plover1599
rook1600
gull-finch1604
cheatee1615
goata1616
whirligig1624
chouse1649
coll1657
cully1664
bubble1668
lamb1668
Simple Simon?1673
mouth1680
dupe1681
cull1698
bub1699
game1699
muggins1705
colour1707
milk cow1727
flat1762
gulpin1802
slob1810
gaggee1819
sucker1838
hoaxee1840
softie1850
foozle1860
lemon1863
juggins1882
yob1886
patsy1889
yapc1894
fall guy1895
fruit1895
meemaw1895
easy mark1896
lobster1896
mark1896
wise guy1896
come-on1897
pushover1907
John1908
schnookle1908
Gretchen1913
jug1914
schnook1920
soft touch1924
prospect1931
steamer1932
punter1934
dill1941
Joe Soap1943
possum1945
Moreton Bay1953
easy touch1959
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. Ciij v He is a fole, a sot and a geke also Which choseth..the worst [way], and moost of Jeopardy.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 340 Why haue you suffer'd me to be imprison'd..And made the most notorious gecke and gull, That ere inuention plaid on? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 161 To become the geeke [sic] and scorne o' th' others vilany. View more context for this quotation
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ix. 180 Where's the use of a woman having brains..if she's tackled to a geck as everybody's a-laughing at?
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gawk, Geek, Gowk or Gowky, a fool; a person uncultivated; a dupe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

geckn.2

Brit. /ɡɛk/, U.S. /ɡɛk/, Scottish English /ɡɛk/
Etymology: = Dutch and German geck verbal noun corresponding to gecken (see geck v.) as in German gecken machen to play tricks; in geck sagen, Dutch in gheck segghen (Kilian), to say in jest.
Chiefly Scottish.
a. A gesture of derision; an expression of scorn or contempt.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > making derisive gesture > a derisive gesture
geck?a1513
mock-sign1659
snook1791
nose-thumb1963
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 150 Than all the feyndis lewche and maid gekkis.
1576 G. Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man sig. C.ijv And though I haue attire both costly and gay, Yet vnlesse it be new, I shall haue but a geck.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 4) 1085 ‘Goodman, grande mercie for your gecke’ Quod Hope, and lawly louts.
b. to get a geck: to be deceived or tricked. to give one the geck: to mock, trick, deceive one.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] > be deceived
to get a geck1568
rise1863
to fall for ——1902
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase]
to do or make a blenk or blencha1250
to play (a person) a pageant1530
to give one the geck1568
to play a paw1568
to draw through the water with a cat1631
come1714
to run one's rig upon1793
to come (the) paddy over1809
to work a traverse1840
to go on, have, take a lark1884
to pull a fast one1912
to take for a ride1925
to pull a person's pissera1935
to pull a person's chain1975
1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlvii. 84 Now better war lat bee Nor to begin to gett ȝour selffis ane geck.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 383 The first merchant he cleane forsuike, Gave him the geck, and lat him gea.
?16.. Fair Janet & Sweet Will. xx, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. lxiv. 105/2 This day she has gien me the gecks, Yet she must bear the scorn.
1603 Philotus lxxviii. sig. C4v The Carle that hecht sa weill to treit ȝow, I think sall get ane geck.
1808–25 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To gie one the geck, to give him the slip; generally including the idea of exposing him to derision.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

geckv.

Brit. /ɡɛk/, U.S. /ɡɛk/, Scottish English /ɡɛk/
Etymology: apparently < Low German gecken = Middle Dutch ghecken , Dutch gekken , German gecken : see geck n.1, and compare the echoic German gecken to croak, cackle. Also in Scandinavian as Danish gjække, Swedish gäcka.
Scottish and northern dialect.
1. transitive. To mock, deceive, cheat.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)]
teleeOE
laughOE
bismerc1000
heascenc1000
hethec1175
scornc1175
hokera1225
betell?c1225
scorn?c1225
forhushc1275
to make scorn at, toc1320
boba1382
bemow1388
lakea1400
bobby14..
triflea1450
japec1450
mock?c1450
mowc1485
to make (a) mock at?a1500
to make mocks at?a1500
scrip?a1513
illude1516
delude1526
deride1530
louta1547
to toy with ——1549–62
flout1551
skirp1568
knack1570
to fart against1574
frump1577
bourd1593
geck?a1600
scout1605
subsannate1606
railly1612
explode1618
subsannea1620
dor1655
monkeya1658
to make an ass of (someone)1680
ridicule1680
banter1682
to run one's rig upon1735
fun1811
to get the run upon1843
play1891
to poke mullock at1901
razz1918
flaunt1923
to get (or give) the razoo1926
to bust (a person's) chops1953
wolf1966
pimp1968
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]
aschrenchc885
blendc888
swikec950
belirtOE
beswike971
blencha1000
blenka1000
belieOE
becatchc1175
trokec1175
beguile?c1225
biwrench?c1225
guile?c1225
trechec1230
unordainc1300
blink1303
deceivec1320
feintc1330
trechetc1330
misusea1382
blind1382
forgo1382
beglose1393
troil1393
turnc1405
lirt?a1425
abuse?a1439
ludify1447
amuse1480
wilec1480
trump1487
delude?a1505
sile1508
betrumpa1522
blear1530
aveugle1543
mislippen1552
pot1560
disglose1565
oversile1568
blaze1570
blirre1570
bleck1573
overtake1581
fail1590
bafflea1592
blanch1592
geck?a1600
hallucinate1604
hoodwink1610
intrigue1612
guggle1617
nigglea1625
nose-wipe1628
cog1629
cheat1637
flam1637
nurse1639
jilt1660
top1663
chaldese1664
bilk1672
bejuggle1680
nuzzlec1680
snub1694
bite1709
nebus1712
fugle1719
to take in1740
have?1780
quirk1791
rum1812
rattlesnake1818
chicane1835
to suck in1842
mogue1854
blinker1865
to have on1867
mag1869
sleight1876
bumfuzzle1878
swop1890
wool1890
spruce1917
jive1928
shit1934
smokescreen1950
dick1964
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 382 Hame to the prowest it was directit; But ye shall heir whow he was geckit.
2. intransitive. to geck at: to scoff at, to use mocking language or gestures towards.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (transitive)]
heascenc1000
gabc1225
tita1400
knackc1425
scoff1530
flout1551
taunt1560
gird1573
beflout1574
scoff1578
gibe1582
flirt1593
gleek1593
to geck at1603
to gall ata1616
jeera1616
gorea1632
jest1721
fleer1732
chi-hike1874
chip1898
chip1898
to sling off (at)1911
jive1928
sound1958
wolf1966
1603 Philotus ciii. sig. D4 I trow that all the warld euin, Sall at ȝour guckrie geck.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i She Bauldy looes..But gecks at me, and says I smell of tar.
1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 204 Ye geck at me because I'm poor.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 102 He'll geck e'en at the Minister An' joke wi' laird an' lady.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Geck, to sneer or deride.
3. To toss the head, as in scorn; to look proudly. Also transitive. to geck up the head. [Possibly a distinct word.]
ΚΠ
1724 A. Ramsay Ever-green (1761) II. 15 Scho gecks as gif I meind her Ill.
1728 A. Ramsay Caterpillar & Ant in Fables & Tales 9 The saucy Ant..gecking up her head, quoth she ‘Poor animal! I pity thee’.
1786 R. Burns Poems 83 Adieu, my liege! may Freedom geck Beneath your high protection.
1811 R. Willan in Archæol. XVII. 147 Geck, to toss the head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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