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Wiktionary

  1. gecknoun

    Fool; idiot; imbecile

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gecknoun

    A bubble easily imposed upon. Thomas Hanmer

    Etymology: geac, a cuckow; geck, German, a fool; gawk, Scottish.

    Why did you suffer Jachimo to taint his noble heart and brain with needless jealousy, and to become the geek and scorn o’ th’ other’s villany? William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    Why have you suffer’d me to be imprison’d,
    And made the most notorious geek and gull
    That e’er invention plaid on? William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

  2. To Geckverb

    To cheat; to trick.

    Etymology: from the noun.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gecknoun

    scorn, derision, or contempt

  2. Gecknoun

    an object of scorn; a dupe; a gull

  3. Gecknoun

    to deride; to scorn; to mock

  4. Gecknoun

    to cheat; trick, or gull

  5. Geckverb

    to jeer; to show contempt

  6. Etymology: [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Geck

    gek, n. a dupe: scorn, object of scorn.—v.t. to mock.—v.i. to scoff at. [Prob. Low Ger. geck; Dut. gek, Ger. geck.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

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    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Geck is ranked #35096 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Geck surname appeared 642 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Geck.

    83.4% or 536 total occurrences were White.
    13.8% or 89 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of geck in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of geck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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