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cleek
(klēk),USA pronunciation n., v., claught or cleeked or claucht, cleeked, cleek•ing.
n.
v.t.
n.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]a large hook, esp. one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
- Sport[Golf Older Use.]a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.
v.t.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly;
snatch.
- Middle English (Scots) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch1 1350–1400
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