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to cleek

to cleek

9.9
To pull something toward you with a hooked tool
  • verb
  • /kliːk/
  • Archaic
translation icon : agarrar
  • She managed to cleek the basket from the high shelf with a metal hook.

Examples

  • The fisherman tried to cleek the salmon from the river with his long pole.

  • Can you cleek that branch over here?

  • In old tales, thieves would cleek valuables through open windows using a hooked stick.

  • He cleeked the fish with his hook.

  • The fisherman skillfully cleeked the trout from the water with a sharp hook.

  • In the old legends, clever robbers would cleek precious items through the gaps of doors.

  • With a gentle motion, she cleeked the kite string to pull it closer.

Synonyms

to claw
vsto cleek
42 5.0

To try to get or keep something with great effort

pulls in a controlled way using a hooked tool
to hent
vsto cleek
  • Archaic
9.9

To take and hold something quickly

uses a hooked tool to pull something toward oneself

Antonyms

1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

1.4

To stop holding something or someone so they are free

How Forceful

to yank
196 4.1
to seize
277 3.2
to cleek
  • Archaic
9.9
to grab
1.0
to catch
1.0

Surface Forms

cleek infinitive
cleeked past
cleeked past participle
cleeking present participle
cleeks third person singular

Etymology

Cleek comes from the same old Scottish idea of a 'hook', so to cleek something is to hook or pull it toward you with a hooked tool.