GLEE


Meaning of GLEE in English

glee 1

/glee/ , n.

1. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.

2. an unaccompanied part song for three or more voices, popular esp. in the 18th century.

[ bef. 900; ME; OE gleo; c. ON gly; akin to GLOW ]

Syn. 1. merriment, jollity, hilarity, mirth, joviality, gaiety. See mirth .

glee 2

/glee/ , Scot. and North Eng.

v.i.

1. to squint or look with one eye.

n.

2. a squint.

3. an imperfect eye, esp. one with a cast.

[ 1250-1300; ME glien, gleen; perh. glja to shine ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .