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cleek definition

cleek (klēk)

noun

  1. Chiefly Scot. a large hook
  2. Golf
    1. the number one iron
    2. the number four wood

Etymology: Scot < ME cleke, cleche, pastoral staff, crosier < clechen, to seize, catch < OE *clæcan; akin to clyccan: see clutch

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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