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 17495^th 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

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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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