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gleg¹

  • /ɡlɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

verb glegs · glegging · glegged

  1. Northern England To glance.

    Similar: glance

noun glegs

  1. Northern England, archaic A look or glance. And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault.

gleg²

  • /ɡlɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

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noun glegs

  1. alternative Alternative form of cleg

gleg³

  • /ɡlɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

adjective glegger · gleggest

  1. Scotland Smart; quick; brisk. One patted her neck, and assured her she was the gleggest and bonniest young thing she had ever seen.

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@misc{gleg_2026,
  title = {gleg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gleg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}