English Explanatory Dictionary

cleek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large hook.
  2. 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.
verb
  1. To strike with the club called a cleek.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/kliːk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleek.wav

Word forms

cleek cleeks cleeking cleeked

Etymology

From Scots cleek.

Derived words

cleeker cleystaff
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