cleek
See also: Cleek
English
Etymology
From the Scots.
Noun
cleek (plural cleeks)
- (chiefly Scotland) A large hook.
- (golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent to a one or two iron in a modern set of clubs.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not..., Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 58:
- He had begun at four, playing with a miniature cleek and a found shilling ball over the municipal links.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not..., Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 58:
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English cleken (“to seize, clutch”)
Pronunciation
Noun
cleek (plural cleeks)
Verb
cleek (third-person singular simple present cleeks, present participle cleekin, simple past claucht, past participle claucht)