geck

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

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

•  Scorn, derision, or contempt.  [1913 Webster]
•  An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull.  [1913 Webster]

  "To become the geck and scorn
  O'the other's villainy."  [1913 Webster]

geck, v. t. [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See Geck, n.].

•  To deride; to scorn; to mock.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cheat; trick, or gull.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]

geck, v. i. 

 To jeer; to show contempt.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]