Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gleg

/ɡlɛɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gleg
IPA: /ɡlɛɡ/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

noun

A look or glance.

Archaic

noun

Alternative form of cleg.

adj

Smart; quick; brisk.

Example Sentences

"And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault."
"One patted her neck, and assured her she was the gleggest and bonniest young thing she had ever seen."

Etymology

Variant forms.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

glegs (present, singular) glegging (participle, present) glegged (participle, past) glegged (past) glegs (plural) glegger (comparative) gleggest (superlative)

Derived Forms

glegly glegness

Synonyms

glance

Rhymes With

leg egg greg craig beg rotten egg reg meg peg gregg keg deg

Questions

How do you pronounce gleg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡlɛɡ/.
What does gleg mean?: To glance.
Where does gleg come from?: Variant forms.

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