gloak
/ɡləʊk/
gloak noun: a man, a guy.
Noun
gloak (plural gloaks)
- A man, a guy.
- You're a prime gloak, an out-and-outer, to get as far as you did before they grabbed you.1956, Frank Clune, Martin Cash: The Last of the Tasmanian Bushrangers, page 149
- ‘Brit, by the look of him,’ cries a short, freckl’d seaman in whom Stature and Pugnacity enjoy an inverse relation. ‘– long way from home ain’t you old Gloak?’1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 401
Synonyms of gloak
Forms of gloak
| plural | gloaks |
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Origin of gloak
Origin unknown.
Words that rhyme with gloak
Questions about gloak
- What does gloak mean?
- Gloak means a man, a guy.
- What part of speech is gloak?
- Gloak is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gloak?
- Gloak is pronounced /ɡləʊk/.
- What is the plural of gloak?
- The plural of gloak is gloaks.
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