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Definition gleek

Etymology 1

From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin, from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”); or from or related to Middle Dutch gel?c (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.

Noun

gleek (countable and uncountable, plural gleeks)

1. (uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
2. (countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

Etymology 2

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 *(e)lAig'- (“to jump, spring, play”). Cognate with Old English ?el?can (“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

gleek (plural gleeks)

1. A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
2. An enticing glance or look.
3. (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

Verb

gleek (third-person singular simple present gleeks, present participle gleeking, simple past and past participle gleeked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To jest.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To pass time frivolously.
4. (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.

Etymology 3

Blend of glee +‎ geek

Noun

gleek (plural gleeks)

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

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