Ked
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ked in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Ked in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Ked
- proprietary name of a brand of canvas sneakers, 1917, registered by United States Rubber Co., N.Y. Based on Latin ped-, stem of pes "foot" (see foot (n.))"We wanted to call it Peds, but ... it came too close to ... other brand names. So we batted it around for awhile and decided on the hardest-sounding letter in the alphabet, K, and called it Keds, that was in 1916." [J.Healey, in R.L. Cohen, "Footwear Industry," x.93]
Example
- 1. I think it 's time y0u i00 ked after him .
- 2. That is just what it l00 ked like.what ?
- 3. If I see that ked in my orchard again I 'll knock his head his head off .
- 4. After all , he told australian journalists he had been " rat-f * * ked " by beijing .
- 5. And I took away 15 cellphones , sold 3 tons of gasoline , beat up a warrant officer and * * * ked a nurse .