gleek

gleek
 v.— «He has also felt the gleekers’ wrath.…Gleeking is a style of spitting that has captured the imagination of many boys at the 713-student school.» —“Principal cracks down on spitting” in Burrillville, R.I. Herald-Journal (Syracuse, N.Y.) Feb. 15, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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