“deckest” is a form of
deck
/ˈdɛk/ noun, verb
Forms decks decking decked
- noun Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- noun (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. “to swab the deck”
- noun (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- noun (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- noun (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- noun (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- noun (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- noun (obsolete) A heap or store.
- verb (transitive, uncommon) To furnish with a deck. “to deck a vessel”
- verb (transitive, informal) To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch. “Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?”
- verb (transitive, collectible card games) To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
- verb (archaic, transitive, sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.
- verb (archaic, transitive, sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
- verb (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
Synonyms
library pack of cards deck of cards adorn decorate grace embellish beautify bedight bedeck coldcock dump knock down floor
Etymology
From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.
From Middle English dekken, from Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”), from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to roof; cover”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To cover; to overspread.
- verb To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
- noun The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- noun The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
Etymology [D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See Thatch.]
Etymology [D. dek. See Deck, v.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deck”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details