gleek

[ gleek ]

/ glik /

verb (used without object) Archaic.

to make a joke; jest.

Origin of gleek

First recorded in 1540–50; of uncertain origin

Words nearby gleek

glede, glee, glee club, gleed, gleeful, gleek, gleeman, gleenie, gleesome, gleet, gleety

Definition for gleek (2 of 2)

gleek²

[ gleek ]

/ glik /

noun

an English card game for three persons played with a 44-card pack, popular from the 16th through the 18th century.

Origin of gleek

First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French glic, perhaps from Middle Dutch gelīc “similar to, like”; see like¹

Example sentences from the Web for gleek

In plain Gleek, his career was about to get hit with the force of a thousand grape slushies.
Glee's New Villain|Itay Hod|September 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
By the cross of these hilts, I'll never play at gleek again, whilst I have a nose on my face: I smell the knavery of the game.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)|W. Carew Hazlitt
The index of extravagance at gleek seems to have advanced alarmingly in the course of the seventeenth century.
Poeta de Tristibus: Or, the Poet's Complaint|Anonymous
To gleek is used in Shakespeare for "to make sport, to jest," &c.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume I (of 3)|Thomas Percy

A metaphor taken from the game at cards called Gleek, where a gleek of knaves is three.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)|W. Carew Hazlitt
Impetuous youth, play not with him at billiards, basset, or gleek.
Adventures among Books|Andrew Lang

单词	gleek
释义	gleek ¹ [ gleek ] / glik / verb (used without object) Archaic. to make a joke; jest. Origin of gleek ¹ First recorded in 1540–50; of uncertain origin Words nearby gleek glede, glee, glee club, gleed, gleeful, gleek, gleeman, gleenie, gleesome, gleet, gleety Definition for gleek (2 of 2) gleek² [ gleek ] / glik / noun an English card game for three persons played with a 44-card pack, popular from the 16th through the 18th century. Origin of gleek ² First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French glic, perhaps from Middle Dutch gelīc “similar to, like”; see like¹ Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gleek In plain Gleek, his career was about to get hit with the force of a thousand grape slushies. Glee's New Villain\|Itay Hod\|September 20, 2010\|DAILY BEAST By the cross of these hilts, I'll never play at gleek again, whilst I have a nose on my face: I smell the knavery of the game. A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)\|W. Carew Hazlitt The index of extravagance at gleek seems to have advanced alarmingly in the course of the seventeenth century. Poeta de Tristibus: Or, the Poet's Complaint\|Anonymous To gleek is used in Shakespeare for "to make sport, to jest," &c. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume I (of 3)\|Thomas Percy A metaphor taken from the game at cards called Gleek, where a gleek of knaves is three. A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)\|W. Carew Hazlitt Impetuous youth, play not with him at billiards, basset, or gleek. Adventures among Books\|Andrew Lang
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