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cleek.

A large hook.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kliːk/
  1. A large hook.

    Scotland
  2. A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood.

    dated
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scots cleek.

verb/kliːk/
  1. To strike with the club called a cleek.

    dated · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scots cleek.

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