gecker

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English

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Etymology

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Coined by 1962, likely derived from Low German geck (to mock, cackle) from related terms such as German gackern (to cackle) and German keckern (to make angry noises [of an animal]).[1][2][3] The same call types had previously been referred to as types of keckern in German publications.[4] Possibly also onomatopoeic from “ik, ik, ik.”[5]

Noun

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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.

Verb

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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.

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