"gecker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: geckers [plural]
Etymology: Coined by 1962, likely derived from German geck ("to mock, cackle") from related terms such as gackern ("to cackle") and keckern ("to make angry noises [of an animal]"). The same call types had previously been referred to as types of keckern in German publications. Possibly also onomatopoeic from “ik, ik, ik.” Etymology templates: {{m|nds|geck}} geck, {{m|de|gackern}} gackern, {{m|de|keckern}} keckern, {{m|de|keckern}} keckern Head templates: {{en-noun}} gecker (plural geckers)
  1. The series of stuttering throaty vocalizations (usually described as: chattering, chittering, cackling, squeaking, or yakking) in the manner of some primates, jackals, mongooses, and foxes. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-gecker-en-noun-eTM7nNgD Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gekker

Verb [English]

Forms: geckers [present, singular, third-person], geckering [participle, present], geckered [participle, past], geckered [past]
Etymology: Coined by 1962, likely derived from German geck ("to mock, cackle") from related terms such as gackern ("to cackle") and keckern ("to make angry noises [of an animal]"). The same call types had previously been referred to as types of keckern in German publications. Possibly also onomatopoeic from “ik, ik, ik.” Etymology templates: {{m|nds|geck}} geck, {{m|de|gackern}} gackern, {{m|de|keckern}} keckern, {{m|de|keckern}} keckern Head templates: {{en-verb}} gecker (third-person singular simple present geckers, present participle geckering, simple past and past participle geckered)
  1. To make a series of stuttering throaty vocalizations (usually described as: chattering, chittering, cackling, squeaking, or yakking) in the manner of some primates, jackals, mongooses, and foxes. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-gecker-en-verb-~WUPI8yq Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gekker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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