cleek

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Scots cleek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kliːk/ Rhymes: -iːk Homophone: clique === Noun === cleek (plural cleeks) (chiefly Scotland) A large hook. (golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleeking, simple past and past participle cleeked) (golf, dated, transitive) To strike with the club called a cleek. === Anagrams === eckle, Eckel, Kelce == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English cleken (“to seize, clutch”); see English clutch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klik/ === Noun === cleek (plural cleeks) A hook. The act of cleeking; a clutch. ==== Derived terms ==== a-cleek === Verb === cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleekin, simple past and past participle claucht) To seize, clutch, snatch. To catch with a hook. To hook or link together. (by extension) To marry.