cack
1 of 3intransitive verb
ˈkak,
-ä-
-ed/-ing/-s
1
dialectal : to discharge excrement
2
dialectal : vomit
cack
2 of 3noun (1)
"
plural -s
dialectal
: dung, muck
cack
3 of 3noun (2)
ˈkak
plural -s
: a baby's heelless shoe with a soft leather sole
Word History
Etymology
Intransitive verb
Middle English cakken, from Latin cacare; akin to Greek kakkan to void excrement, Middle Irish cacc dung, and perhaps to Greek kakos bad
Noun (2)
origin unknown
First Known Use
Intransitive Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun (1)
circa 1600, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1820, in the meaning defined above