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Meaning of "kecks" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KECKS

From obsolete kicks breeches.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KECKS

kecks  [kɛks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KECKS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kecks is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KECKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

kecks

W. M. Keck Observatory

The W. M. Keck Observatory is a two-telescope astronomical observatory at an elevation of 4,145 meters near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Both telescopes feature 10 m primary mirrors, currently among the largest astronomical telescopes in use. The combination of an excellent site, large optics and innovative instruments has created the two most scientifically productive telescopes on Earth.

Definition of kecks in the English dictionary

The definition of kecks in the dictionary is trousers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KECKS


Amex
ˈæmɛks
apex
ˈeɪpɛks
Artex
ˈɑːtɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
cortex
ˈkɔːtɛks
dex
dɛks
duplex
ˈdjuːplɛks
ex
ɛks
flex
flɛks
forex
ˈfɒrɛks
hex
hɛks
index
ˈɪndɛks
latex
ˈleɪtɛks
lex
lɛks
reflex
ˈriːflɛks
Rex
rɛks
sex
sɛks
spandex
ˈspændɛks
specs
spɛks
unisex
ˈjuːnɪˌsɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KECKS

keavie
keb
kebab
kebar
Kebbi
kebbie
kebbock
kebele
Keble
Kechua
Kechuan
keck
kecksy
ked
Kedah
keddah
kedge
kedger
kedgeree
kedgy

WORDS THAT END LIKE KECKS

Backs
belowdecks
Bucks
clear the decks
docks
ducks
fiddlesticks
jacks
knicks
locks
on the stocks
rocks
Sacks
stacks
sticks
stocks
sucks
the All Blacks
to be on the rocks
tracks

Synonyms and antonyms of kecks in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kecks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KECKS

Find out the translation of kecks to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kecks from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kecks» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

kecks
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Kecks
570 millions of speakers

English

kecks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kecks
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

kecks
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Kecks
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Kecks
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

kecks
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Kecks
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kecks
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

kecks
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kecks
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kecoke
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kecks
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kecks
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Kecks
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kecks
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kecks
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kecks
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Kecks
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kecks
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Kecks
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kecks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Kecks
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kecks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kecks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KECKS»

The term «kecks» is regularly used and occupies the 103.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of kecks
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «kecks».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KECKS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kecks» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kecks» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kecks

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KECKS»

Discover the use of kecks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kecks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Depth of Field: Relief Sculpture in Renaissance Italy
versions of the theme in two ways.32 Kecks considered Quattrocento sculptures and paintings together, and he deliberately excluded distinctions on the basis of artistic quality.33 Instead he structured his analysis by classifying Madonna and ...
Donal Cooper, Marika Leino, Henry Moore Institute (Leeds, England), 2007
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Trinity Springs Kecks Church... Trinity Springe Nov Ht. Springs |Nov. Corpora/*. Bnrrcss, James A.... Strange, John S Faucett, John II Hammertíly, Augustus T Allen, Hiram Chestnut, John Mitchell, George Sinclair, Charles TV. Musicians. Pugh ...
Indiana. Adjutant General's Office, William H. H. Terrell, 1866
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The Monthly Magazine
Kecks.—"l'was your's, Mrs. VVetler, and you shronke i'th wetting for it it'you bee remembered, for she tnrn'd you away I am sure, wet mooues, you know, were ever good weed springers. D-u gee—My moone's no wetter than tiyne, gooddye  ...
‎1816
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Childhood in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: The ...
Clarissa W. Atkinson emphasizes, for instance, "The insecurity and real Ronald G . Kecks, Madonna und Kind: Das hausliche Andachtsbild im Florenz des 15. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurter Forschungen zur Kunst, 15 (Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag  ...
Albrecht Classen, 2005
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The Yanius Mystery
"It is a genuine bargain at 520 kecks." "I am an agent of Wallahide, the oil merchant of Armareth. I can give you 40 kecks in gold coins and a draft on Wallahide for the remaining 480 kecks." Haida pondered. Wallahide was good, he knew, ...
Chester Morgan, 2003
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On My Two Nieces the Miss Kecks Being Presented by Lady ...
Poem by John Tracy Atkyns.
John Tracy Atkyns, 1767
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The English dialect dictionary
Sc. Also in form keekling-pin Abd.(ji\.\1.) A knitting-pin. n.Sc. She burnt like a keckle~pir|, Bucnax Ballads (1828) I. 122, ed. 1875. Abd. (JAM.) KECK-MEG, see Cag-mae, sb.' KECKS, sb. pl} ln gm. dial. use in Eng. Also written keks m.Yks.1 Lan.
Joseph Wright
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Turning Hurts Into Halos
During the subsequent weeks the Kecks's prayers seemed to go unanswered. Kay and William cried and prayed a lot in private. What was ahead of them? The fear of the unknown seemed overwhelming. Yet each day seemed a little better.
Robert Schuller, 2000
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Entick's New Spelling Dictionary: Teaching to Write and ...
... -v, r, to Keck, to tie a rope round a tabs- Kecks, KecJfcs'v,/, dry stalks and sticks, hemlock Keck'yj a. rcsenuting kecks, having kecks, f/ul Hed^'er,/. a small anchor tiled In (hallow water Ked'iack, Charlock, s. a pernicious field-weed Kef, y. kine, ...
John Entick, William Crakelt, 1791
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The Royal Standard English Dictionary
... "j. a. to tie a rope round a cable Kecks,/ dry stalks and sticks, hemlock Keck'y,<j. resembling kecks, having kecks Ked^'er, / a small anchor uled in a river Ke^l, / the lower timber of a ship : <v. a. to cool ; to drink deep or to the bottom KeH'half,  ...
William Perry, 1788

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KECKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kecks is used in the context of the following news items.
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David Beckham And Katy Perry To Team Up For … - Yahoo Celebrity
He's already made our commute to work a little easier by posing in his kecks for his last underwear campaign. But now David Beckham will be ... «Yahoo Celebrity UK, Jul 15»
2
Huge Mount Graham telescope finally paying off
The two Kecks achieved first light in 1993 and 1996. By 2000, astronomers using Keck produced 161 scientific papers, rising to 269 in 2011, ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
3
Central Valley and Sierra Foothills including Mariposa and Oakhurst …
... HANFORD AIRPORT 106 F 0453 PM 06/30 36.32N/119.63W TAFT 104 F 0604 PM 06/30 35.15N/119.43W HIGHWAY 46 AT KECKS RD. «Sierra Sun Times, Jul 15»
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PICTURES: Items left on First Great Western trains range from …
On Saturday and Sunday, Helen Brown from Kecks Clothing will demonstrate how to create tote bags and dresses with left behind clothing, and ... «North Devon Journal, Jun 15»
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Picture gallery: The strange collection of items left behind on First …
On Saturday and Sunday, Helen Brown from Kecks Clothing will demonstrate how to create tote bags and dresses with left behind clothing, and ... «Bath Chronicle, Jun 15»
6
Bolton Wanderers: A Club Without a Rival?
And the Mayor of Bolton might drop his kecks at Preston Town Hall steps. Both are equally likely (or unlikely) to happen. Blackpool. The tragic ... «Lion of Vienna Suite, Jun 15»
7
Funeral Directors Victoriana benefits no-one.
I know this because I have walked in front of lots of hearses dressed in pin-striped kecks and tails and holding a top hat and cane; 2015 and ... «The News Hub, Jun 15»
8
Man, born free and yet everywhere in kecks
Maybe you glimpsed a few fragments of them, through a window in the far corner of your sprawling air-conditioned open-plan nightmare, the ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jun 15»
9
Ceres man recounts the trials and triumphs of heart transplant
The Hope Ministry Center in Wytheville owns its building because of the Kecks, The Ceres Alumni Association's Peery Gym is outfitted with ... «Southwest Virginia Today, Jun 15»
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From Lobscouse to Stovies
And we have our own, small lexicon: moggies; kecks; jigger. (Cat, trousers and—what is it in Scots?—lane behind houses?). Scouse has some ... «CommonSpace, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Kecks [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kecks>. May 2024 ».
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