gleeks

Noun (1)

gleek (countable and uncountable, plural gleeks)

1. (uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
   • Lady Loadstone: Laugh, and keep company, at gleek or crimp. / Mistress Polish: Your ladyship says right, crimp sure will cure her.1640, Ben Jonson, The Magnetick Lady, or, Hvmors Reconcil'd, act 2, scene 4
2. (countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

Noun (2)

gleek (plural gleeks)

1. A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
   • Where's the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort?1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   deception, jest, scoff, trick

2. An enticing glance or look.
   • A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye:1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647...
3. (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

Noun (3)

gleek (plural gleeks)

1. (slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.

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