gleek
verb (used without object)
to make a joke; jest.
gleek
1 American
[gleek]
/ glik /
verb (used without object)
Archaic.
gleek
2
American
[gleek]
/ glik /
noun
gleek
3
American
[gleek]
/ glik /
verb (used without object)
gleeked,
gleeking
Gleek
4
American
[gleek]
/ glik /
noun
-
Gleeks
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
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So what's a parent of a tween "gleek" - as fans call themselves - to do?
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2010
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 Ben Jonson
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 St. George Tucker
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 Andrew Lang
The card game called gleek is often mentioned in Tudor literature.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Because I am, and perhaps always will be, a Gleek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2015
So if you’re a Gleek who’s yet to let go, here’s what you need to know before tuning in Friday.
From Time ● Jan. 9, 2015
"I'm a Gleek," she began, saying how she and her 14-year-old daughter watch the show every week.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
April 15 Unleash Your Inner Gleek on the iPad A new application for the iPhone and iPad allows users to create a virtual glee club.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2010
Further away sits Mr. Gleek, the Editor of the "Banner and Evening Gazette."
From Plays of Near & Far by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
Thea Glassman, the author of “Freaks, Gleeks and Dawson’s Creek: How 7 Teen Shows Transformed Television,” said the series is rich in a rare commodity for contemporary teen television: “unapologetic sweetness.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
The hit musical comedy-drama series — which follows a misfit choir group in the fictional William McKinley High School — quickly amassed a cult fanbase, known as "Gleeks."
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023
While most of the included information will be familiar to former and still-faithful Gleeks, the project did reveal some factoids in its first two episodes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
But Gleeks radiate a fervor of born-again intensity.
From Time ● Aug. 12, 2011
But to "Gleeks", it was a rare chance to see the stars of their favourite programme jump out of the screen and onto the stage.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2011
By St. John, said they, now we are paid, he hath gleeked us to some purpose, bobbed we are now for ever.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Peter Anthony Motteux
I have seen you gleeking and galling at this gentleman twice or thrice.
From King Henry V by William Shakespeare
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