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

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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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