Deck

v.

Heard in Galway, Donegal and Roscommon

To strike or knock someone down, especially in a fight. Used as a verb.

I'll deck ya if ya don't stop" "He decked him

Posh English

I shall knock you to the ground if you do not stop. He knocked him to the ground.

Same phrase, other counties

• Galway
• Donegal
• Roscommon

Related terms

• Ill deck yaA direct threat to punch, strike, or physically assault someone.
• Deck scrubA hard-bristled scrubbing brush.
• Hit the deckTo fall down violently.
• Not playing with a full deckNot thinking clearly or rationally.
• Not the full deck of cardsNot entirely sane or in full possession of one's faculties.
• Run-away knockA street game, where you knock at a door or ring a door bell and run away and hide…