gleek

Noun

1. (uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
2. (countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To jest.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass time frivolously.
4. (informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡliːk/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: ġelācan

Cognate with Scots: glaik

In summary

From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.

Translations

brelan

spötteln

moquer

sticheln

höhnen

bafouer

spotten

plaisanterie

🤣

railler

se moquer de

aubaine

bonne affaire

bonne fortune

sekkieren

🦡

auslachen