cleek

[kleek]

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noun

Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.

Golf Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.

verb (used with object), claught or cleeked or claucht, cleeked, cleek·ing.

Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.

Origin of cleek

1350–1400; Middle English (Scots) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch¹

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Related Words for cleek

wedge, putter, driver, spoon, wood, stick, iron, midiron, niblick, mashie, brassie, cleek

Examples from the Web for cleek

Historical Examples of cleek

And we have no other answer to the last question ever asked by Cleek Smith.
With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia
One of its Officer
His voice trailed off into silence, and Cleek smiled kindly.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes
Various
Cleek switched round upon his heel, and smiled across at him.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes
Various
Sometimes I try it with a brassey, but on the whole I think the cleek is best.
Tom and Some Other Girls
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Cleek took his chin between his thumb and forefinger and pinched it hard.
The Boy Scouts Book of Stories
Various

British Dictionary definitions for cleek

cleek

cleik

noun

mainly Scot a large hook, such as one used to land fish

golf a former name for a club, corresponding to the modern No. 1 or No. 2 iron, used for long low shots

Word Origin for cleek

C15: of uncertain origin

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