geck

(noun, verb)

noun

1. scorn; derision; contempt

2. (archaic, pejorative) Fool; idiot; imbecile

- 1859, George Eliot, “IX Hetty's World”, in Adam Bede[1], HTML edition, published 2010:… for where’s the use of a woman having brains of her own if she’s tackled to a geck as everybody’s a-laughing at?

verb

1. To jeer; to show contempt.

2. To cheat or trick.