Joylee Taylor

· 21 Jan 2022

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How to Gleek.

If you went to a school that had a prankster or two, then odds are you know what gleeking is. Heck — you may have even done it without even meaning to. What we’re talking about here is an advanced form of spitting, one that allows you to essentially shoot saliva out from under your tongue (sometimes by accident).

Most saliva is made and secreted by the major salivary glands. If you lift your tongue and look in the mirror, you can see the swellings or papillae which are the ends of the tubes. That’s the ducts that take saliva from one pair of submandibular salivary glands to the mouth.

So, gleeking is probably achieved by the compression of the ducts of the submandibular glands by muscles in the floor of the mouth when you move your tongue upwards.

Fortunately for dental professionals, gleek saliva is essentially sterile when it sprays straight out of the submandibular gland. How to gleek.

That doesn’t mean you should shoot back at your patients though – heavens no! we would never suggest such a thing – when they gleek onto your loupes while you’re fighting their tongue with a mouth mirror.

But what about after hours when you don’t have to act professionally? As a wise resource for all things oral, you should be knowledgeable about proper gleeking form. And if you practice these techniques, you’ll soon be able to impress just about everyone under the age of fifteen.

Step One: Concentrating the Saliva.
Yawn a couple of times to stimulate saliva production under your tongue. Another way to try and build pressure is to rub the tip or side of your tongue along the sharp cusp tips of your lower teeth. Or you can always try a little something sour in your mouth as a last resort.

Step Two: Visualization.
Don’t imagine yourself gleeking, silly! Just get in front of a mirror to see if you’re having any luck.

Step Three: Gleek Technique.
Since everyone’s made differently, you’ll need to experiment with these methods to see which one elicits the best response from your little squirt machine.

1. Stick out your mandible as far as you can and press your tongue HARD on the roof of your mouth just behind your central incisors.
2. As you’re flexing your tongue, push your lower jaw out, bring it back and down, breathe in slightly, and bring it hard against the palate. A thin stream will probably come out.
3. Try sucking air under your tongue first before flexing and pressing the roof of your mouth.