Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Jubilant delight; joy.
- noun Music A part song scored for three or more usually male and unaccompanied voices that was popular in the 1700s.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Exultant or playful exhilaration; demonstrative joy or delight; merriment; mirth; gaiety.
- noun Music; minstrelsy. See
gleeman . - noun A musical instrument.
- noun In music, a composition for three or more solo voices, without accompaniment, usually in two or three contrasted movements, and adapted to any kind of metrical text, not necessarily joyful.
- See
gley .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
- noun Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
- noun (Mus.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable Joy;
merriment ;mirth ; gaiety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast. - noun uncountable Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
- noun music, countable An unaccompanied
part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun great merriment
- noun malicious satisfaction
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Having the football team dudes join glee is definitely a good idea.
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So the hysterical jumping up and down in glee is justified to an extent.
Shamil Basayev's death reported Helen 2006
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I don't understand how anyone is rolling up their toes in glee that the status quo might win the day.
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Sinister scientists rubs his hands together in glee and cackles at the end.
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And the Sikalosoft site is back online, no doubt rubbing its hands in glee over all the publicity.
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Sidelined and full of free time, Sam agrees to join glee club.
Kevin Allen: The Brand-ification of Derrick Rose Kevin Allen 2010
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After being told they can't tackle religion in glee club -- one week after being told their performance numbers were too sexed up:
'Glee' tackles religion, swallows grilled cheese Lisa de Moraes 2010
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Gregor the Slightly just about managed to avoid rubbing his hands in glee as he saw the sword the adventurer had chosen, and even managed to keep from grinning like a madman for more than a couple of seconds.
Squired-Up 2010
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As you might suspect, Quinn grows to like being in glee club more than her high-maintenance cheerleading career and presidency of the Celibacy Club.
Gleeful 2010
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Their glee is retweeted after the jump along with Ashton Kutcher's take on "Jersey Shore," Jon Favreau's reaction upon seeing some "Thor" sets and Peter Facinelli's sparkling plans.
Conan & Leno, Obama & ‘Lost’ And ‘Jersey Shore’ In Today’s Twitter-Wood » MTV Movies Blog 2010
rolig commented on the word glee
Simply saying "glee" makes me feel gleeful.
December 5, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word glee
It is a feelgood word.
December 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the word glee
From The Ladykillers:
"This is perfect. This is more than perfect. I can scarcely contain my glee."
December 7, 2007