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单词 keckle
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kecklen.

Brit. /ˈkɛk(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈkɛk(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈkɛk(ə)l/
Etymology: < keckle v.1
Scottish.
(a) A short spasmodic laugh; a chuckle. (b) Cackling, chattering, etc. (Cf. cackle n. 3b.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > chuckling > instance of
chuckle1743
keckle1820
cackle1856
chortle1903
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 260 Miss Becky Glibbans gave a satirical keckle at this.
1822 J. Galt Provost xii. 95 ‘I' gude faith,’ cried the Bailie, with a keckle of exultation, ‘here's proof enough now’.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlvi. 321 A bit keckle o' a lauch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kecklev.1

/ˈkɛk(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s kekell, kekkyl, 1500s–1600s kekle, 1600s– keckle.
Etymology: Variant (chiefly Scots) of cackle v.1 2 or checkle v.
1. intransitive. Of a hen or other bird: To cackle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > cluck or cackle
cackle?c1225
keckle1513
chacka1522
shuckle1598
gallow1825
keck1844
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of hen)
clockOE
cacklec1230
chuckc1405
keckle1513
cluck1580
chuckle1690
clack1712
clucker1904
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 118 And kais keklis on the ruiff abone.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 Quhilk gart the hennis kekkyl.
1639 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline (ed. 2) cxi. 337 That will not take the libertie of a Hen to keckle over her owne egge.
1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) iv. 23 Whan the hens begin to keckle.
2.
a. Of a person: To chuckle, laugh, giggle, checkle v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > chuckle
keckle1513
chuck1598
shuckle1598
cackle1712
chuckle1803
chortle1871
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iv. 40 The Troianis lauchis fast seand hym fall, And, hym behaldand swym, thai keklit all.
1728 A. Ramsay Bob of Dunblane i For fainness, deary, I'll gar ye keckle.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 344 He keckled at his small joke very complacently.
b. transitive. To utter with or express by chuckling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > utter with a chuckle
chuckle out1820
keckle1857
chortle1871
1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. iv. 104 ‘Ah, you're a wag, Sir’, keckled the old man.
1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. ii. 58 Then she keckled a tiny laugh of supreme derision.

Derivatives

ˈkeckling n. and adj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > chuckling
keckling1719
chuckling1837
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > chuckling
chucking1598
chuckling1820
keckling1836
chuckle1837
1719 A. Ramsay 3rd Answer to Hamilton xv Gin ony..Ca' me conceited keckling chucky.
1790 Scots Songs II. 51 A keckling hen To lay her eggs in plenty.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xxi. 377 The laughing, and fistling, and keckling we heard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

kecklev.2

/ˈkɛk(ə)l/
Forms: See also cackle v.2
Etymology: Etymology unknown.
Nautical.
transitive. To case a cable or hawser with rope in order to prevent chafing.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > wrap (to prevent chafing)
keckle1627
worm1706
pudding1711
graftc1860
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 To keckell or sarue the Cable, as is said, is..to bind some old clouts to keepe it from galling in the Hawse or Ring.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Keckle (in Navigation), to turn a small Rope about the Cable or Bolt-rope, when we fear the galling of the Cable in the Hawse.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 24 Keckling a hawser [is] serving it over with rope, which keeps it from being chafed.

Derivatives

ˈkeckling n. also concrete (see quot.).
ΚΠ
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) When the cables gaul in the hawse..the seamen wind some small ropes about them; and this is called keckling.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Kaicling, or Keckling, a name given to any old ropes, which are wound about a cable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

kecklev.3

Etymology: frequentative of keck v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈkeckle.
dialect.
= keck v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > retch
bolk1495
retch1538
reach1575
heave1601
keck1601
to cast the gorge1614
keckle1619
yesk1664
strain1678
gag?1706
1619 W. Whately Gods Husbandry 72 The hypocrite..can swallow a Cammell with the same throat, which did euen keckle at a Gnat.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Keckle,..to make a noise in the throat when swallowing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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