"cleek" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: /klik/ Forms: cleeks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cleken (“to seize, clutch”); see English clutch. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|enm|cleken||to seize, clutch}} Middle English cleken (“to seize, clutch”), {{cog|en|clutch}} English clutch Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|cleeks|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} cleek (plural cleeks), {{sco-noun}} cleek (plural cleeks)
  1. A hook.
    Sense id: en-cleek-sco-noun-olN-oze8
  2. The act of cleeking; a clutch.
    Sense id: en-cleek-sco-noun-psMfP4Kp Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 2 53 24 5 5 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a-cleek

Verb

IPA: /klik/ Forms: cleeks [present, singular, third-person], cleekin [participle, present], claucht [past], claucht [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English cleken (“to seize, clutch”); see English clutch. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|enm|cleken||to seize, clutch}} Middle English cleken (“to seize, clutch”), {{cog|en|clutch}} English clutch Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|cleeks|present participle|cleekin|simple past|claucht|past participle|claucht|head=}} cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleekin, simple past claucht, past participle claucht), {{sco-verb|cleeks|cleekin|claucht}} cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleekin, simple past claucht, past participle claucht)
  1. To seize, clutch, snatch.
    Sense id: en-cleek-sco-verb-IBDGgW0~
  2. To catch with a hook.
    Sense id: en-cleek-sco-verb-9FBibTbg
  3. To hook or link together.
    Sense id: en-cleek-sco-verb-Wbn88vOr
  4. (by extension) To marry. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-cleek-sco-verb-~y3VMygu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for cleek meaning in Scots (3.3kB)

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