cleek

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

  2. 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.
  1. Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.

Origin of cleek

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

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cleek

cleik

/ (kliːk) /


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

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

Origin of cleek

1
C15: of uncertain origin

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