"liek" meaning in English

See liek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: lieks [present, singular, third-person], lieking [participle, present], lieked [participle, past], lieked [past]
Etymology: Possibly to match the actual pronunciation of like (/laɪ̯k/). Head templates: {{en-verb}} liek (third-person singular simple present lieks, present participle lieking, simple past and past participle lieked)
  1. (Internet slang, nonstandard) Deliberate misspelling of like. Tags: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, nonstandard Alternative form of: like
    Sense id: en-liek-en-verb--KgMr6PK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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