noun General Slang

Veck

/vɛk/ · noun · slang

Nadsat for a man or guy, clipped from chelloveck and the Russian 'chelovek' (person).

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Definitions

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Functions like English 'bloke' or 'guy', a neutral everyday term for a male stranger.

“Just some veck minding his own business.”
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The full form 'chelloveck' is used for slightly more weight or formality.

“A strange chelloveck approached them in the dark.”
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In Nadsat, a veck is a man, guy, or fellow, a clipped form of 'chelloveck'. Source word: Russian 'chelovek' (человек), literally 'person' or 'human being'.

“Some old veck was reading a book when the droogs came in.”
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Veck In A Sentence

The veck behind the counter would not give them credit.
Who is that chelloveck talking to the millicents?
A drunk veck staggered out of the pub and into trouble.

Origin & Usage

Coined by Burgess in A Clockwork Orange (1962) by clipping 'chelloveck', his anglicisation of the Russian 'chelovek', 'person'. The shortened 'veck' mirrors how casual speech wears words down.

Variants chelloveckvecks
Tags #nadsat#clockwork-orange#fictional#literary#people

People Also Ask

What does veck mean?

It is Nadsat for a man or guy, a clipped form of chelloveck, from the Russian 'chelovek', person.

What is the difference between veck and chelloveck?

They mean the same thing; veck is the shortened, more casual form of chelloveck.

Where did veck come from?

Anthony Burgess built it from the Russian 'chelovek' for A Clockwork Orange in 1962.

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