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to gleek

to gleek

9.9
To push saliva out from under the tongue
  • verb
  • /ɡliːk/
  • Informal
translation icon : escupir
  • As the comedian made a funny joke, the audience couldn't help but gleek in surprise.

But anyway, damn, boy, this shit got me gleeking out my eyeballs, dude.

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Examples

  • Nay, I can gleek upon occasion.

    Return with Honor (1999)

  • Nay, I can gleek, upon occasion.

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

  • Dude, that one had me gleeking right out my feeling ducks brother.

    Theo Von

  • Jack gleeks while laughing, unintentionally squirting saliva across the room.

  • During lunch, the toddler gleeks, showering his friend with saliva.

Synonyms

to spit out
vsto gleek
94 2.3

To push food or drink out of your mouth

squirts a small jet from under the tongue, not broad forced expulsion
to drool
vsto gleek
49 2.1

To let saliva flow from the mouth without meaning to

produces a deliberate or accidental sharp jet rather than slow dripping
to spue
vsto gleek
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit

squirts a focused jet from under the tongue rather than general expulsion
to drivel
vsto gleek
8.8

To let liquid from the mouth come out by accident

involves a sudden focused squirt instead of slow continuous running

How Forceful

to spit
315 1.0
to gleek
  • Informal
9.9
to spray
209 1.0
to dribble
15 2.8

Surface Forms

gleek infinitive
gleeked past
gleeked past participle
gleeking present participle
gleeks third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the verb gleek is to think of it as a word that copies a quick wet sound and so it came to mean 'to spit a small jet of saliva', which is why to gleek is to give a sudden little spray of spit.