cleek (plural cleeks)
(chiefly, Scotland) A large hook.
(golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood.
cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleeking, simple past and past participle cleeked)
(golf, dated, transitive) To strike with the club called a cleek.
• Eckel, eckle
Cleek (plural Cleeks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cleek is the 17495th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1611 individuals. Cleek is most common among White (95.47%) individuals.
• Eckel, eckle
Source: Wiktionary
Cleek, n.
1. A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron- headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft.
2. Act of cleeking; a clutch. [Scot.]
Cleek, v. t. [pret. Claught; pret. & p. p. Cleeked; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking.] [ME. cleken, clechen, to seize, clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.] [Scot & Dial. Eng.]
1.
Definition: To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.
2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.
3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
