Definition of glee
1 : exultant high-spirited joy : merriment dancing with glee
2 : a part-song for usually male voices
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Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
Recent Examples of glee from the Web
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The reconstruction, expected to take several weeks, was met with glee on a Facebook page for bike lane opponents.
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Treblinka survivors testified that Ivan the Terrible had also savaged Jews, breaking arms and legs with a steel pipe, cutting off ears and noses with a sword, and flogging women and children with sadistic glee.
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Think back to the Kings 116-98 loss to Milwaukee, when the Bucks were all too at home at Golden 1 Center, laughing their way to victory as recurring Sacramento villains Jason Terry and Spencer Hawes took extra glee in needling Kings fans.
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Much to the Internet's glee, Melania didn't seem interested in holding her husband's hand, either.
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Rose and his associate Dan Huard traded 40-oz malt liquor bottles, played gangsta rap and hacked computers and humans with glee.
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Origin and Etymology of glee
Middle English, from Old English glēo entertainment, music; akin to Old Norse glȳ joy, and perhaps to Greek chleuē joke
First Known Use: before 12th century
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: a strong feeling of happiness : great pleasure or satisfaction
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