- kecks
- Noun. Trousers. Cf. 'kegs'.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
kecks
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Kecks — (v. engl), so v.w. Schiffszwieback … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
kecks — ► PLURAL NOUN Brit. informal ▪ trousers. ORIGIN phonetic respelling of obsolete kicks … English terms dictionary
kecks — Cumbrian Dictionary ( n kecks) Trousers, e.g. That la l charver ripped his kecks lowpin ower yonder yat = That young boy tore his breeches when he hurdled that gate over there … English dialects glossary
kecks — Kecksy Keck sy, n.; pl. {Kecksies} ( s[i^]z). [Properly pl. of kex. See {Kex}.] (Bot.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also {kex}, and in pl., {kecks}, {kaxes}.] [1913 Webster] Nothing… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kecks — n pl British trousers. This word is the northern Eng lish version of the archaic kicks , heard in other parts of the country from the 17th century until the 1940s, but now obsolete. Liverpool mods of the mid 1960s used to refer contemptuously to… … Contemporary slang
kecks — noun trousers … Wiktionary
kecks — kek v. vomit, feel the urge to vomit, feel nauseous; be disgusted, be filled with revulsion … English contemporary dictionary
kecks — plural noun Brit. informal trousers or underpants. Origin 1960s: phonetic respelling of obs. kicks trousers … English new terms dictionary
kecks — Pants … A concise dictionary of English slang
kecks — … Useful english dictionary
