cleek

English

Etymology

From the Scots.

Noun

cleek (plural cleeks)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A large hook.
2. (golf, dated) A metal headed golf club with little loft. Equivalent to a one or two iron a modern set of clubs.

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English cleken (“to seize, clutch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klik/

Noun

cleek (plural cleeks)

1. A hook.
2. The act of cleeking; a clutch.

Verb

tae cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleekin, simple past claucht, past participle claucht)

1. To seize, clutch, snatch.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Allan Ramsay, Lucky Spence's Last Advice

     Cleek a'ye can be hook or crook.

2. To catch with a hook.
3. To marry.