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to keck

to keck

1 9.9
To feel like you will vomit
  • verb
  • UK
: arcade
  • The strong odor of the fish made him keck and step outside for fresh air.

Examples

  • Makes me want to throw up, makes me want to keck, makes me want to vomit.

  • The smell from the kitchen was so bad that it made him keck at the thought of eating anything.

  • After running hard in the heat, she felt like she might keck from exhaustion.

Synonyms

to gag
vsto keck
53 5.1

To feel like you will throw up when something touches your throat

is a general nausea feeling rather than a sudden choking throat reflex
to retch
vsto keck
19 7.2

To make a strong, uncontrolled effort to vomit, sometimes bringing up food from your stomach

is a milder feeling of being about to vomit rather than that forceful effort
to want to puke
vsto keck
  • Informal
12 8.4

To feel like you are going to throw up

is a milder sense of being about to vomit rather than extreme nausea
to upchuck
vsto keck
  • NSFW
3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the feeling of wanting to vomit rather than actually bringing up stomach contents
to boke
vsto keck
  • Slang
1 9.9

To throw up when you feel sick

is a milder sensation of being about to vomit rather than the actual act
to chunder
vsto keck
  • Australian
1 9.9

To throw up because you feel sick

is mostly the feeling of wanting to vomit rather than the physical expulsion

How Nauseous

to vomit
133 1.0
to keck
  • UK
1 9.9
to gag
53 5.1

Surface Forms

keck infinitive
kecked past
kecked past participle
kecking present participle
kecks third person singular

Etymology

Keck as a verb is probably from the same sound idea and copies the quick gagging noise, so to keck is 'to retch' or to feel as if you will vomit.