keak

English

Verb

keak (third-person singular simple present keaks, present participle keaking, simple past and past participle keaked)

1. (archaic) To cackle or laugh.
2. (Yorkshire) To jerk a limb or tilt the head.

References

• (cackle, laugh) Keak, in Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, by Susan Kelz Sperling, 1977, page 16.
• (to jerk, to tilt) Keak, in A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire..., by C. Clough Robinson, 1867, page 67[1]

Anagrams

• Ekka, ekka

Basque

Noun

keak

1. absolutive plural of ke
2. ergative singular of ke