keck

Definition

To heave or retch as if to vomit.

Etymology

Imitative. Compare German köken (“to vomit”).

Example Sentences

• "The faction (is it not notorious?) / Keck at the memory of Glorious [William III of England]: […]"
• "Indeed Erskine never opened his mouth, in Watt's presence, except to eat, or belch, or cough, or keck, or muse, or sigh, or sing, or sneeze."