Geck

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›k

Origin

Either from Middle High German geck (German Geck), or directly from its source, Middle Low German geck, gek ("idiot, farcical fool"). Cognate to Dutch gek ("crazy, farcical, silly").

Full definition of geck

Noun

1. scorn; derision; contempt
2. (archaic, pejorative) Fool; idiot; imbecile
• ShakespeareTo become the geck and scorn
  O' the other's villainy.
• 1859 , George Eliot , Adam Bede Chapter IX Hetty's World , … 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

1. To jeer; to show contempt.
2. To cheat or trick.