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cacks¹

  • /kæks/

Rhymes with -æks

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of cack

cacks²

  • /kæks/

Rhymes with -æks

Where it comes from

From earlier kicks (“breeches”). Cognate with English kecks.

noun

  1. Ireland, plural, plural only Trousers. 'Timothy,' pronounced the gargoyliest, 'Cavendish, I presume. Caught with your cacks down.'
  2. plural, plural only Underpants. I hadta strip down t'my cacks. And I just looked attum: 'Ah, hey...Y'know well I don't've any books down my cacks, or up my ass.'

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@misc{cacks_2026,
  title = {cacks},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cacks},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}