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.
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.
• (jest or scoff): deception, jest, scoff
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.
• (to ridicule): gibe, mock, scoff at, sneer at
gleek (plural gleeks)
(slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
• Kegel, kegel
Blend of Glee and geek
Gleek (plural Gleeks)
(fandom slang) A fan of the television show Glee.
• 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. glĂĽck, 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
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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