gleek

Meanings

Noun

• A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
• Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
• A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
• An enticing glance or look.
• A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
• A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.

Verb

• To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
• To jest.
• To pass time frivolously.
• To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.

Related

Similar words

• deception, jest, scoff
• gibe, mock, scoff at, sneer at

Origin

• From Middle French glic, from Old French glic, of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke and Middle Dutch gelīc. More at luck, like.
• Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr, from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz ("jump, play"), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan ("to play a trick on, delude"), Scots glaik ("a glance of the eye, deception, trick"), Scots glaik ("to trick, trifle with"). More at lake.