Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
GLEEK
Etymology 1
Noun
gleek (countable and uncountable, plural gleeks)
(uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
(countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
Etymology 2
Noun
gleek (plural gleeks)
A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
An enticing glance or look.
(informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
Synonyms
• (jest or scoff): deception, jest, scoff
Verb
gleek (third-person singular simple present gleeks, present participle gleeking, simple past and past participle gleeked)
(obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
(obsolete, intransitive) To jest.
(obsolete, intransitive) To pass time frivolously.
(informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.
Synonyms
• (to ridicule): gibe, mock, scoff at, sneer at
Etymology 3
Noun
gleek (plural gleeks)
(slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
Anagrams
• Kegel, kegel
Etymology
Blend of Glee and geek
Noun
Gleek (plural Gleeks)
(fandom slang) A fan of the television show Glee.
Anagrams
• Kegel, kegel
Source: Wiktionary
Gleek, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gelacan, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.]
1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks Shak.
2. Etym: [Cf. Glicke]
Definition: An enticing look or glance. [Obs.] A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl.
Gleek, v. i.
Definition: To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] Shak.
Gleek, n. Etym: [OF. glic, G. glück, fortune. See Luck.]
1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] Pepys. Evelyn.
2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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