gleek

== English == === Alternative forms === gleak === Pronunciation === (UK, US) enPR: glēk, IPA(key): /ɡliːk/ Rhymes: -iːk === 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”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like. ==== 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. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== murnival === 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 *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. ==== 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 ===== Translations ===== ==== 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 ===== Translations ===== ==== Related terms ==== glicke ==== See also ==== gleet === Etymology 3 === Blend of glee +‎ geek. ==== Noun ==== gleek (plural gleeks) (slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing. === Further reading === “gleek”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gleek”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Spitting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Kegel, kegel == Low German == === Verb === gleek first-person singular past of glieken