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gleek

noun
/ɡliːk/UK

Etymology

Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr (“sport, play, game”), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz (“jump, play”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan (“to play a trick on, delude”), Scots glaik (“a glance of the eye, deception, trick”, n.), Scots glaik (“to trick, trifle with”, v.). More at lake.

  1. derived from gelīc — “like, alike”
  2. derived from glücke
  3. derived from glic — “a game of cards”
  4. borrowed from glic

Definitions

  1. A once-popular game of cards played by three people.

    • Lady Loadstone: Laugh, and keep company, at gleek or crimp. / Mistress Polish: Your ladyship says right, crimp sure will cure her.

  2. Three of the same cards held in one hand

    Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

  3. A jest or scoff

    A jest or scoff; trick or deception.

    • Where's the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort?
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. An enticing glance or look.

      • A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye:

    2. A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

    3. To ridicule, or mock

      To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.

      • I have seen you gleeking and / galling at this gentleman twice or thrice.

    4. To jest.

      • […] that ſome honeſt neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleeke vpon occaſion.

    5. To pass time frivolously.

    6. To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from…

      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.

      • i just push the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth and saliva squirts out in a groovy little arc. i think you'd really have to see it to know what i am talking about. but you can gleek best right after chewing big red gum.
      • My buddy can gleek (thats what he called it too) but he used highly pressured spit forced out between two teeth with his tounge to do it.
      • I used to be able to gleek "by accident" every now and then, but I couldn't figure out how to do it deliberately.

    7. A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.

    8. A fan of the television show Glee.

      • I'm more of a Gleek myself.
      • Well I thought she looked quite cute, so I Googled her. I'm not yet a full on Gleek, honest!

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA