cacks

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

Verb

cacks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cack

Etymology 2

From earlier kicks (“breeches”). Cognate with English kecks.

Noun

cacks pl (plural only)

1. (Ireland) Trousers.
   • 2012, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas:

     'Timothy,' pronounced the gargoyliest, 'Cavendish, I presume. Caught with your cacks down.'

   • 2013, Kevin Maher, The Fields:

     They then leap out of the grass, still in their gear, with their helmets on, drag the youngfella inside, rip off his cacks, play with his mickey , and then speed off again on their motorbikes . Saidhbh says that the lads are going to wait for them to come and then kick the living shit out of their queer arses, especially Heno, coz his younger brother, Basho, came home three weeks ago with no cacks on and wouldn't say anything to anyone about how he lost them.

   • 2024, David Fenne, So Over This:

     "A bunch of grotty wigs, a copy of Death on the Nile I hadn't finished rereading, and a pair of dirty cacks by the washing machine," she lists .

2. (Bristol) Underpants.
   • 2016, Dan Finn, Likely Story, page 102:

     I hadta strip down t'my cacks. And I just looked attum: 'Ah, hey...Y'know well I don't've any books down my cacks, or up my ass.'