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Necked vs Gecked - What's the difference?

necked | gecked |

As verbs the difference between necked and gecked

is that necked is (neck) while gecked is (geck).

As an adjective necked

is (in combination) having some specific type of neck.

necked

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (in combination) Having some specific type of neck
  • (nautical, archaic, of a treenail) Cracked.

    • Derived terms

    * black-necked screamer * grey-necked wood rail * pencil-necked * ring-necked parakeet * side-necked turtle * snake-necked turtle * stiff-necked * yellow-necked mouse

    Verb

    (head)
  • (neck)

    • gecked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (geck)

    • geck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • scorn; derision; contempt
  • (archaic, pejorative) Fool; idiot; imbecile
  • * Shakespeare
    • To become the geck and scorn / O' the other's villainy.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1859 , year_published=2010 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=George Eliot , title=Adam Bede , chapter=IX Hetty's World citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page= , passage= … for where’s the use of a woman having brains of her own if she’s tackled to a geck as everybody’s a-laughing at? }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To jeer; to show contempt.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • To cheat or trick.
    • (Johnson)

    References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia * (Webster)