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Meaning of gleek | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ɡliːk/

Definitions

  1. A fan of the television show Glee.
    slang
  2. A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
    uncountable
  3. A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
  4. A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
    slang
  5. Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
    countable
  6. An enticing glance or look.
  7. A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Lady Loadstone: Laugh, and keep company, at gleek or crimp. / Mistress Polish: Your ladyship says right, crimp sure will cure her.”
“Where's the Baſtards braues, and Charles his glikes: What all amort?”
“A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye:”
“I'm more of a Gleek myself.”
“Well I thought she looked quite cute, so I Googled her. I'm not yet a full on Gleek, honest!”
“are there any other Gleeks out here in viPhone land? I saw on my facebook today that there's a Glee app!! $2.99 so I grabbed it. maybe I shouldn't have seeing all the financial stress I'm currently under but I'm a Gleek in a big way!! so I couldn't resist!! I needed to check it out!!!”
“Yep... I'm a "Gleek"! (I'm sure it's partially due to being in band in high school, as we usually did a medley of songs from a musical during each performance.)”
“Fair warning: One is the beginning of a musical number that's been on every Gleek's watch-list since Spears tweeted this pic.”
“And you call yourself a Gleek...”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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