gleek

¹ American  

[gleek] / glik /

verb (used without object)

Archaic.

1. to make a joke; jest.

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gleek ² American  

[gleek] / glik /

noun

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

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gleek ³ American  

[gleek] / glik /

verb (used without object)

gleeked, gleeking

1. to spray saliva from glands under the tongue.

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Gleek ⁴ American  

[gleek] / glik /

noun

plural

Gleeks

1. a fan of the television series Glee.

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Etymology

Origin of gleek¹

First recorded in 1540–50; of uncertain origin

Origin of gleek²

First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French glic, perhaps from Middle Dutch gelīc “similar to, like”; like ¹

Example Sentences

So what's a parent of a tween "gleek" - as fans call themselves - to do?

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2010

His great genius for financial combinations was at this time employed by him in gleek, trick-track, quadrille, whist, loo, ombre, and other pastimes of mingled luck and skill.

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew

The card game called gleek is often mentioned in Tudor literature.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Some were playing at gleek, and, to the uninitiated, incomprehensible was the jargon in which the players indulged.

From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George

An this be your elixir, Your lapis mineralis, and your lunary, Give me your honest trick yet at primero, Or gleek; and take your lutum sapientis, Your menstruum simplex!

From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben