deek
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of deek
perhaps of Romany origin
Example Sentences
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Rather, they were engaging in the trash-talking equivalent of the spin-o-rama, the deek and the trap play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2010
Other words came right out of old Scotch-Irish dialect�wee for small, kimmie for man, tweed for young man, deek for look at.
From Time Magazine Archive
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