Leek vs Gleek - What's the difference?
leek | gleek |
The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum , of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
Any of several species of Allium , broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
A once popular game of cards played by three people.
Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
* 1592 , , act iii, scene 2
An enticing glance or look.
* (rfdate), (Francis Beaumont) and
Good fortune; luck.
(informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
(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.
As nouns the difference between leek and gleek
is that leek is while gleek is (slang) a fan of the television show .leek
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* scallion (''US, Scotland ), garden leek, broadleaf wild leekDerived terms
* (broadleaf wild leek) - Allium ampeloprasum , * (narrowleaf wild leek) - * (garden leek) - Allium ampeloprasum * (sand leek) - * (threecorner leek) - * houseleek - SempervivumSee also
* garlicExternal links
* ("leek" on Wikipedia) * (Allium ampeloprasum) *Anagrams
* ----gleek
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Related to Etymology 1. Of (etyl) origin, ultimately from (etyl) . More at .Noun
(en noun)- Where's the Ba?tards braues, and Charles his glikes : What all amort?
- A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye.
Synonyms
* (jest or scoff) deception, jest, scoffVerb
(en verb)- The man said he “gleeked” on the woman, but did not intentionally spit on her.
