deke (plural dekes)
(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.
(Canada, slang) A quick detour.
deke (third-person singular simple present dekes, present participle deking, simple past and past participle deked)
(Canada) To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
(ice hockey) To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.
• deek, eked, keed
Source: Wiktionary
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
