cleek

[ kleek ]

noun

1. Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
2. Golf: Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.

verb (used with object)

, claught or cleeked or claucht, cleeked, cleek·ing.

1. Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.

cleek

/ kliːk /

noun

1. a large hook, such as one used to land fish
2. golf a former name for a club, corresponding to the modern No. 1 or No. 2 iron, used for long low shots

Word History and Origins

Origin of cleek¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ( Scots ) cleke “hook,” derivative of cleke “to take hold of,” variant of cleche, akin to clutch ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cleek¹

C15: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

The brassie, the spoon, the baffie and the cleek: All would be lost and consigned to the waters of time if not for the priceless collections once belonging to club champions with names such as C. Stillborn Drunklord IV.

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Her 2-year-old daughter, Drew, was crying and would not keep on her mask, Cleek told FOX News.

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Cleek and her husband held Drew down, she said, trying to get her to wear her mask while two flight attendants stood over them, watching.

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What happened next, Cleek wrote on Instagram after the incident, had her "still shaking."

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Cleek said she was given two options.

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