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fan | gleek |

As nouns the difference between fan and gleek

is that fan is while gleek is (slang) a fan of the television show .

fan

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
  • An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
  • Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
  • An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
  • * :
    • The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan .
  • * :
    • Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
  • A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
    • Derived terms
    * ceiling fan * cooling fan * desk fan * exhaust fan * extractor fan * fan belt * fan dance * fan death * hit the fan * pedestal fan * wall fan

    Verb

    (fann)
  • To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
    • We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind. .
  • * 1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
    • Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking.
  • To slap (a behind, especially).
  • * 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 148:
  • *
  • To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
    • Derived terms
    * fanner

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from (fanatic).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone; an admirer.
    • I am a big fan of libraries.

    See also

    * fanne

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    gleek

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A once popular game of cards played by three people.
  • Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

    • Etymology 2

    Related to Etymology 1. Of (etyl) origin, ultimately from (etyl) . More at .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
  • * 1592 , , act iii, scene 2
    • Where's the Ba?tards braues, and Charles his glikes : What all amort?
  • An enticing glance or look.
  • * (rfdate), (Francis Beaumont) and
    • A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye.
  • Good fortune; luck.
  • (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
    • Synonyms
    * (jest or scoff) deception, jest, scoff

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To jest, ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
  • * 1594 , (William Shakespeare), , act iii, scene 1 (First Folio ed.)
  • * that ?ome hone?t neighbours will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleeke vpon occa?ion.
  • (informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid, (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.
    • The man said he “gleeked” on the woman, but did not intentionally spit on her.
    Synonyms
    * (to ridicule) gibe, jest, mock, scoff, sneer

    Related terms

    * glicke

    See also

    * gleet

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.

    • Anagrams

    * ----