Definition of "gleg" [gleg]

• Scots Alert and quick to respond. (adjective)

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• "Scots Language Quiz Do you know your dook from your gleg?"
• "'Ay, Miss Shirley, there's a gleg light i' your een sometimes which betrays you."
• ""A'm no 'sae gleg on the subject o' sin as some fowk I ken.""