Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

lek2

Pronunciation: /lɛk/

Definition of lek

noun

  • a patch of ground used for communal display in the breeding season by the males of certain birds and mammals, especially black grouse.

verb

[no object] (usually as noun lekking)
  • take part in a communal display on a lek: antelopes mate in lekking grounds

Origin:

late 19th century: perhaps from Swedish leka 'to play'

lek in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of lek in the US English dictionary