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English word origin

Etymology of cleek

Borrowed from Scots cleek.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A large hook. · 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.

verb

To strike with the club called a cleek.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Scots cleek.

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