gleet

/ɡliːt/

gleet noun: stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.

Noun

gleet (uncountable)

(obsolete, except Scots) Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
(obsolete, except Scots) Any slimy, viscous substance.
(slang, vulgar) A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhea.
- There was this Estella, a real drab, being given syph and gon and gleet by Augustus John, and Tommy has her living with him in that place of his in Earl’s Court and going to a doctor, nothing wrong with her actually but there might well have been, and he never touches her, you know.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

Verb

gleet (third-person singular simple present gleets, present participle gleeting, simple past and past participle gleeted)

(intransitive) To ooze, as gleet (noun sense); to flow in a thin, limpid humour.
- The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſins.1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an Oedema.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and...
- [U]pon dilating a ſmall gleeting hole about three inches above the knee, on the outside of the thigh; and introducing a jointed or ſcrew probe, I found the bone carious to ſuch a height and withal the patient ſo emaciated with the tedious diſcharge, and a hectic fever that I diſſuaded attempting...1760, Alexander Mackenzie, “A remarkable Separation of part of the thigh bone”, in Medical Observations and Inquiries, Volume 2, William Johnston, page 302
(intransitive) Of water: to flow slowly.
- [Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC, § XXIX, page 184

gleet meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

gleet in Tamil

சுக்கிலச் சேற்பம், மிகை அழுத்தக்குருடு

gleet in Urdu

پیپ, مواد, جریان

gleet in Telugu

gleet: రసి rasi

Forms of gleet

Noun
alternative form	glit
Verb
third-person singular present	gleets
present participle	gleeting
past participle	gleeted
past	gleeted

Origin of gleet

Old French glette.

Words formed from gleet

gleety

Words that rhyme with gleet

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Questions about gleet

What does gleet mean?: Gleet means stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
What is gleet in Tamil?: Gleet in Tamil is சுக்கிலச் சேற்பம், மிகை அழுத்தக்குருடு. See Gleet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gleet?: Gleet can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gleet?: Gleet is pronounced /ɡliːt/.

Words near gleet in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: gleet (page history and authors); gleet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gleet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రసి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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