Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Geck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Geck \Geck\, n. [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel.
gikkr a pert, rude person.]
1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.]
To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Geck \Geck\, v. t. [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See {Geck}, n.]
1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Geck \Geck\, v. i.
To jeer; to show contempt. --Sir W. Scott.
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