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cack.

A squawk.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kæk/
  1. A squawk.

  2. A discordant note.

  3. A cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)

    informal
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeia; see cackle.

verb/kæk/
  1. To squawk.

  2. To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.

    The bugler hopes not to cack during his performance.
  3. To laugh.

    Australian · slang
    I had to cack when you fell down the stairs.
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeia; see cackle.

verb/kæk/
  1. To defecate.

    intransitive
  2. To defecate (on); to shit.

    transitive
  3. To excrete (something) by defecation.

    transitive
  4. To kill.

    US · slang
    He tried to shoot me, so I cacked him.
  5. To cheat.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), from Latin cacāre (“excrete feces”). Cognate with English caca. Compare Dutch kakken (“to defecate”), German kacken (“to relieve oneself; defecate”), Latin cacō (“defecate”) (see there for more); compare also Irish cac (“feces, excrement”).

noun/kæk/
  1. An act of defecation.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Excrement.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  3. Rubbish; anything worthless.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), from Latin cacāre (“excrete feces”). Cognate with English caca. Compare Dutch kakken (“to defecate”), German kacken (“to relieve oneself; defecate”), Latin cacō (“defecate”) (see there for more); compare also Irish cac (“feces, excrement”).

noun/kæk/
  1. Penis.

    slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From cock.

noun/kæk/
  1. An inexpensive boot or shoe made in the 19th or early 20th century for a baby or young child.

  2. A young child.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Of unknown origin. Possibly from Scots cack (“soft shoe”).

noun/kæk/
  1. obsolete spelling of cake (any sense)

    alt-of · obsolete
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