gleeking

Verb

gleek (third-person singular simple present gleeks, present participle gleeking, simple past and past participle gleeked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
   • I have seen you gleeking and / galling at this gentleman twice or thrice.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

   Synonyms:

   gibe, mock, scoff at, sneer at

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To jest.
   • […] that ſome honeſt neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleeke vpon occaſion.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass time frivolously.
4. (informal) 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.
   • i just push the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth and saliva squirts out in a groovy little arc. i think you'd really have to see it to know what i am talking about. but you can gleek best right after chewing big red gum.1999 October 18, Gem, “what can you wiggle?”, in alt.music.soulcoughing (Usenet)

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