- gleek
- gleek card game, 1530s, from Fr. glic, ghelicque (15c.), perhaps from M.Du. ghelic (Du. gelijk) "like," because one of the goals of the game is collecting cards of the same rank.
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Gleek — Gleek, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge ; akin to AS. gel[=a]can, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.] [1913 Webster] 1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Where s the Bastard s braves, and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gleek — can refer to:*Gleek (Card game) *Gleek (Super Friends), pet monkey in the animated series Super Friends *Gleeking, type of spitting … Wikipedia
Gleek — Gleek, v. i. To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gleek — Gleek, n. [OF. glic, G. gl[ u]ck, fortune. See {Luck}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] Pepys. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; hence, three of anything.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gleek — gleek1 /gleek/, v.i. Archaic. to make a joke; jest. [1540 50; orig. uncert.] gleek2 /gleek/, n. an English card game for three persons played with a 44 card pack, popular from the 16th through the 18th century. [1525 35; < MF glic, perh. < MD… … Universalium
gleek — 1. noun /ɡliːk/ a) A once popular game of cards played by three people. Wheres the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort? b) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of everything. A pretty gleek coming from Pallas eye.… … Wiktionary
Gleek — noun /ɡliːk/ A fan of the television show . Im more of a Gleek myself … Wiktionary
Gleek (Super Friends) — Superherobox caption = Gleek and the Wonder Twins. Art by Alex Ross character name = Gleek publisher = DC Comics debut = The All New Superfriends Hour (September 10, 1977) creators = alter ego = full name = species = homeworld = Exxor alliances … Wikipedia
gleek — intransitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1590 archaic gibe, joke … New Collegiate Dictionary
gleek — North Country (Newcastle) Words to deceive or beguile … English dialects glossary
