Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To take heed of or to have caution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take heed; have a care; mind; heed; care: usually in a negative clause, often followed by of.
- To think.
- To take heed of; care for; regard; consider: be concerned about.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Archaic To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by
of . - transitive verb Archaic To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
- transitive verb Poetic To concern; -- used impersonally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make
account of; tocare for; toheed ; toregard ;consider . - verb intransitive To
care ; tomatter . - verb To
concern , to beimportant - verb intransitive, obsolete To
think .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Don't get me wrong: Not all is dark in "reck room."
Art review: 'Patrick McDonough: reck room' at Flashpoint Jessica Dawson 2010
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"Oh! ve comes here look for yoo, 'cause peepils d'reck 'ums -- show de way.
Black Ivory Francis B. Pearson 1859
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I think because it could reck your friends gun and it would not be safe to bary it.
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Yet, like the best of Beckett's dialogues, McDonough's theater of the absurd -- the show's title is the intentionally misspelled and lowercased "reck room" -- has a few good ideas to share.
Art review: 'Patrick McDonough: reck room' at Flashpoint Jessica Dawson 2010
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Make no mistake, failure to enact a comprehensive healthcare bill the includes some kind of a public option plan, would reck the Democratic Party for decades to come.
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I think because it could reck your friends gun and it would not be safe to bary it.
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Armchair artists and weekend crafters are as much a part of "reck room" as big-finger-waving cheeseheads, thanks to McDonough's liberal use of materials you can buy at Michael's.
Art review: 'Patrick McDonough: reck room' at Flashpoint Jessica Dawson 2010
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Your probably the same ones who thought that 7 pounds was gonna be a plane reck, but he murdered that roll.
Will Smith to Produce and Star in Remake of Hitchcock’s Suspicion? | /Film 2010
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In "reck room" we dream of greatness but accept mediocrity.
Art review: 'Patrick McDonough: reck room' at Flashpoint Jessica Dawson 2010
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The garbage, weed ridden grass, smahed windows and stench I can understand – but how does a car reck get there? on October 30, 2009 at 2: 35 pm PC A HUNN
Christmas Shopping In Ruraltown « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
yarb commented on the word reck
There is a "Lesage question" as there is an "Homeric question." But of this the public recks little.
- William Morton Fullerton, introduction to The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santilane, Lesage (tr. Smollett), Routledge & Sons, 1912
September 11, 2008