to keck
- verb
- UK
- The strong odor of the fish made him keck and step outside for fresh air.
Examples
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Makes me want to throw up, makes me want to keck, makes me want to vomit.
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The smell from the kitchen was so bad that it made him keck at the thought of eating anything.
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After running hard in the heat, she felt like she might keck from exhaustion.
Synonyms
To make a strong, uncontrolled effort to vomit, sometimes bringing up food from your stomach
To feel like you are going to throw up
To feel like you will throw up when something touches your throat
To throw up food and drink from your stomach
To throw up when you feel sick
To throw up because you feel sick
How Nauseous
Surface Forms
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.