"cleek" meaning in English

See cleek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kliːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleek.wav Forms: cleeks [plural]
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Scots cleek. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|cleek}} Scots cleek Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleek (plural cleeks)
  1. (chiefly Scotland) A large hook. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-cleek-en-noun-TvJR7Dqp Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-cleek-en-noun-NJNZYGfd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 48 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 28 11 2 21 5 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 30 12 1 24 3 2 2 2 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cleeker, cleystaff

Verb

IPA: /kliːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleek.wav Forms: cleeks [present, singular, third-person], cleeking [participle, present], cleeked [participle, past], cleeked [past]
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Scots cleek. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|cleek}} Scots cleek Head templates: {{en-verb}} cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleeking, simple past and past participle cleeked)
  1. (golf, dated, transitive) To strike with the club called a cleek. Tags: dated, transitive Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-cleek-en-verb-W1smxtAC Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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