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Meaning of gleet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ɡliːt/

Definitions

  1. Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
    obsolete, uncountable
  2. Any slimy, viscous substance.
    obsolete, uncountable
  3. A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhea.
    slang, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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

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