gleek

Etymology 1

From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.

noun

1. (uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
   Lady Loadstone: Laugh, and keep company, at gleek or crimp. / Mistress Polish: Your ladyship says right, crimp sure will cure her. 1640, Ben Jonson, The Magnetick Lady, or, Hvmors Reconcil'd, act 2, scene 4
2. (countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

Etymology 2

Related to Etymology 1. Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *gleikr, leikr (“sport, play, game”), from Proto-Germanic *galaikaz (“jump, play”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Cognate with Old English ġelācan (“to play a trick on, delude”), Scots glaik (“a glance of the eye, deception, trick”, n.), Scots glaik (“to trick, trifle with”, v.). More at lake.

noun

1. A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
2. An enticing glance or look.
3. (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To jest.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To pass time frivolously.
4. (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.
   i just push the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth and saliva squirts out in a groovy little arc. i think you'd really have to see it to know what i am talking about. but you can gleek best right after chewing big red gum. October 18, 1999, Gem, “what can you wiggle?”, in alt.music.soulcoughing (Usenet)
   My buddy can gleek (thats what he called it too) but he used highly pressured spit forced out between two teeth with his tounge to do it. November 15, 1999, THAT antix GUY, “the weird personal info”, in alt.rave (Usenet)
   I used to be able to gleek "by accident" every now and then, but I couldn't figure out how to do it deliberately. July 21, 2002, Sean Wilkinson, “Can you gleek?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet)
   The man said he “gleeked” on the woman, but did not intentionally spit on her.

Etymology 3

Blend of glee + geek

noun

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