1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
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They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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This is more than believable as Barnes strings together seemingly simple movements — flapping a leg on repeat, spinning with freedom and force, snapping her fingers with glee — whipping from one direction to the next like a gale wind.
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Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The future of TikTok, meanwhile, remains unclear, as the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Friday over a potential U.S. Whatever the outcome, here’s hoping people will continue raising their ya ya ya with glee.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
From the left, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen can be seen ducking just behind NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, all staring with anticipatory glee at their spaceship.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The nature of this acclaim is eliciting an unusual level of glee from Trump — a man who biographers say has never quite left behind the outer-borough imprint of his upbringing in Queens, N.Y., where his family’s wealth was never enough to buy him full entrée into the Manhattan cultural elite.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
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Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The future of TikTok, meanwhile, remains unclear, as the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Friday over a potential U.S. Whatever the outcome, here’s hoping people will continue raising their ya ya ya with glee.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
From the left, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen can be seen ducking just behind NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, all staring with anticipatory glee at their spaceship.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The nature of this acclaim is eliciting an unusual level of glee from Trump — a man who biographers say has never quite left behind the outer-borough imprint of his upbringing in Queens, N.Y., where his family’s wealth was never enough to buy him full entrée into the Manhattan cultural elite.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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