Gleek

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: glÄ“k, IPA: /É¡liːk/

From Middle French, from Old French glic ("a game of cards"), of origin, from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke ("luck"); or from or related to Middle Dutch gelīc ("like, alike"). More at luck, like.

Full definition of gleek

Noun

1. A once popular game of cards played by three people.
2. Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of everything.

Of origin, ultimately from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr ("sport, play, game"), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz ("jump, play"), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)lAig'- ("to jump, spring, play"). 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.

Noun

1. A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
• 1592, William Shakespeare, , act iii, scene 2Where's the BaÅ¿tards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort?
2. An enticing glance or look.
• unknown date, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (playwright)A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye.
3. Good fortune; luck.
4. (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

Synonyms

• (jest or scoff) deception, jest, scoff

Verb

1. (archaic) To jest, ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
• 1594, William Shakespeare, , act iii, scene 1 (First Folio ed.)
• ... that Å¿ome honeÅ¿t neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleeke vpon occaÅ¿ion.
2. (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.The man said he “gleeked” on the woman, but did not intentionally spit on her.

Synonyms

• (to ridicule) gibe, jest, mock, scoff, sneer

Related terms

• glicke

gleegeek

Noun

1. (slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.

Anagrams

• Kegel