Lek Definition
lĕk
lek, leks
noun
The basic monetary unit of Albania.
Webster's New World
An area where certain male animals, as the male of the prairie chicken, gather to perform their courtship displays.
Webster's New World
A group of males gathered at such a place.
American Heritage Medicine
verb
To have a mating system in which males form leks.
Mammals that lek.
American Heritage Medicine
To participate in a lek.
American Heritage Medicine
(biology) To take part in the courtship and display behaviour of a lek.
Wiktionary
(UK, dialect, Yorkshire, colloquial) To play.
T'lads are lekkin in t'park.
Wiktionary
pronoun
The northern arm of the River Rhine in the Netherlands.
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Other Word Forms of Lek
Noun
Singular:
lek
Plural:
leksOrigin of Lek
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From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically from Swedish lek (“child's play") in 1871, by means of Swedish leka (“to play").
From Wiktionary
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Short for Swedish lekställe playground, mating ground (as of black grouse) lek play, sport, mating fartlek ställe place
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Albanian lek.
From Wiktionary
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