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to keck

to keck

9.9
To feel like you will vomit
  • verb
  • UK
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  • 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 retch
vsto keck
9 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
9 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 gag
vsto keck
5 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 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
148 1.0
to keck
  • UK
9.9
to gag
5 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.