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CLEEK
Etymology
Noun
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.
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• Eckel, eckle
Etymology
Proper noun
Cleek (plural Cleeks)
A surname.
Statistics
• 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.
Anagrams
• 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
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