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- verb Present participle of
lek .
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Examples
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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.
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Social and religious mores prohibit overt sexual coupling in organizations but lekking for other rewards is nevertheless pursued by male managers.
Male managers as animal show-offs ewillett 2008
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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.
Male managers as animal show-offs ewillett 2008
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Can you tell me, pleez, are you lekking or not lekking teh polls so much?
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Can you tell me, pleez, are you lekking or not lekking teh polls so much?
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When I awoke at five to see if there was any possibility of lekking today, we were still warm and clear.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2009
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Trawl back through the short history of SF and you can see the exact same bitching and lekking oneupmanship set loose time and time again.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Today, as I headed home from a pleasant morning of lekking, these questions were prominent in my mind.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2005
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Even before we have reached the lekking tree on the second ridge, therefore, my question about Aru has been answered.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Even before we have reached the lekking tree on the second ridge, therefore, my question about Aru has been answered.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
ecbrenner commented on the word lekking
showing off to the opposite sex in groups, rather than singly -- Erin McKean
January 7, 2009
yarb commented on the word lekking
See also lek.
January 7, 2009