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gleek
1[ gleek ]
/ glik /
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verb (used without object) Archaic.
to make a joke; jest.
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Origin of gleek
1First recorded in 1540–50; of uncertain origin
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Other definitions 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
2First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French glic, perhaps from Middle Dutch gelīc “similar to, like”; see like1
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