"gleg" meaning in All languages combined

See gleg on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɡlɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gleg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glegger [comparative], gleggest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Head templates: {{en-adj|glegger}} gleg (comparative glegger, superlative gleggest)
  1. (Scotland) smart; quick; brisk Tags: Scotland Categories (lifeform): Horseflies
    Sense id: en-gleg-en-adj-Mm17Wwa3 Disambiguation of Horseflies: 29 27 11 33 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 27 5 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 21 5 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡlɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gleg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glegs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Head templates: {{en-noun}} gleg (plural glegs)
  1. (now rare, Northern England) A look or glance. Tags: Northern-England, archaic Categories (lifeform): Horseflies
    Sense id: en-gleg-en-noun-f6AlTMD9 Disambiguation of Horseflies: 29 27 11 33 Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 27 5 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡlɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gleg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glegs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: Variant forms. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gleg (plural glegs)
  1. Alternative form of cleg Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cleg Categories (lifeform): Horseflies
    Sense id: en-gleg-en-noun-cC7efT4p Disambiguation of Horseflies: 29 27 11 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɡlɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gleg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glegs [present, singular, third-person], glegging [participle, present], glegged [participle, past], glegged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Head templates: {{en-verb}} gleg (third-person singular simple present glegs, present participle glegging, simple past and past participle glegged)
  1. (Northern England) To glance. Tags: Northern-England Categories (lifeform): Horseflies Synonyms: glance
    Sense id: en-gleg-en-verb-hWL23y7P Disambiguation of Horseflies: 29 27 11 33 Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 27 5 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [Scots]

Forms: mair gleg [comparative], maist gleg [superlative]
Etymology: Possibly ultimately related to Irish glicc (“shrewd, acute”), Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, “to ponder”), Proto-Germanic *klōkaz (“quick, smart”), Middle English begalewen (“to frighten, stupefy”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ga|glicc|t=shrewd, acute}} Irish glicc (“shrewd, acute”), {{cog|grc|καλχαίνω|t=to ponder}} Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, “to ponder”), {{cog|gem-pro|*klōkaz|t=quick, smart}} Proto-Germanic *klōkaz (“quick, smart”), {{cog|enm|begalewen|t=to frighten, stupefy}} Middle English begalewen (“to frighten, stupefy”) Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair gleg|||||superlative|maist gleg||||}} gleg (comparative mair gleg, superlative maist gleg), {{sco-adj}} gleg (comparative mair gleg, superlative maist gleg)
  1. smart, quick, brisk
    Sense id: en-gleg-sco-adj-fFGgp-C-
  2. alert, quick-witted, keen in sight, hearing, etc.
    Sense id: en-gleg-sco-adj-Gg4FJGDY Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 4 51 44 1
  3. intelligent, adroit, skilful
    Sense id: en-gleg-sco-adj-hMZ9fuGQ Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 4 51 44 1
  4. (of blades, points, etc) sharp
    Sense id: en-gleg-sco-adj-Yy6TAjiG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gleg-lugged, gleg-gabbit

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gleg meaning in All languages combined (9.4kB)

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    "Nicoline van der Sijs"
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}

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