gleek
- noun
- /ɡliːk/
- Archaic
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broma
- During the comedy show, his gleek about the mayor's fashion sense had the audience in stitches.
- make a gleek
Examples
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Also later, in 1604, he did a play Othello with many mean gleeks.
Fiction book (1999) -
And from the end of the play, puns he made about pens and rings, which is gleeks about people's, men and women, their parts covered by codpieces and plackets.
Fiction book (1999) -
In this play, from ginger he makes a gleek because the English believe ginger is what old ladies eat to make them lust hot.
Fiction book (1999) -
I Chang Laz wants to know if Justine is a gleek now What a Gleek is.
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I don't say my Will was himself as a person; my friend, so close we were like brothers by blood. I don't say that he made mean gleeks from Jews like W.S.
Fiction book (1999) -
Which is why W.S. the gleeks and broad sallies and coarse indecencies.
Fiction book (1999) -
And also to make mean gleeks from me, Pincus Perlmutter, who everyone in court and theater knew I was also a Jew, the close friend of Will Kempe, the great comic actor and part-owner later from The Globe.
Fiction book (1999) -
Look at the Folio prompter's copy from Jew of Venice, see the second act, the seventh scene, the Prince of Monaco, a blackamoor he wrote him with gleeks from his black skin, Portia says.
Fiction book (1999) -
So when I saw rehearsals and also read Will Kempe's words, I said to him, "Will, this play is all from Jews, mean gleeks, sharp sallies, and mockery; Dr. Lopez is writing this play to make mockeries of Jews like me!"
Fiction book (1999) -
She made a clever gleek about his obsession with video games, causing everyone to laugh.
Synonyms
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3.7
A short funny remark that makes people laugh
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4.2
A playful remark meant to make people laugh
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9.6
A short laugh or quick joke to make others laugh
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7.4
A short mocking remark meant to hurt or annoy someone
A funny story friends tell to make each other laugh
A short funny act that makes people laugh in a show
Antonyms
How Amusing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gleek (joke) is connected to glee ('joy' or 'merry feeling'), so a gleek is a short, playful remark meant to make people laugh or to tease someone gently.