Definition of "lekking" [lekking]

• Present participle of lek. (verb)

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• ""The males fight each other at the 'lekking' grounds every June and beat the hell out of one another while the females sit in the trees and watch."
• "Social and religious mores prohibit overt sexual coupling in organizations but lekking for other rewards is nevertheless pursued by male managers."
• "Although the paper specifically compares these behaviours to lekking, it also points out that male chimpanzees, capuchin monkeys and Japanese macaques assert themselves in very similar ways."