GECK

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]

2.
n.

An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.] To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy. Shak.

3.
v.

To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]

4.
v.

To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.

5.
v.

To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.


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