gleg

G2L1E1G2
/ɡlɛɡ/

verb

To glance.

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Meanings

gleg1

verbgleg (third-person singular simple present glegs, present participle glegging, simple past and past participle glegged)

present singular third person glegs · participle present glegging · participle past glegged · past glegged

  1. Northern EnglandTo glance.

    Synonyms: glance

noungleg (plural glegs)

plural glegs

  1. Northern EnglandarchaicA 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.

    1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

gleg2

noungleg (plural glegs)

plural glegs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cleg.

gleg3

adjectivegleg (comparative glegger, superlative gleggest)

comparative glegger · superlative gleggest

  1. ScotlandSmart; quick; brisk.

    One patted her neck, and assured her she was the gleggest and bonniest young thing she had ever seen.

    1856, Thomas Hamilton, The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton, page 279

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo glance.

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glance
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glance

Origin

Variant forms.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gleg

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Anagrams

Legg
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APA

gleg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gleg

MLA

“gleg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gleg. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gleg,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gleg.

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