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duked

duked is the simple past and past participle of duke.

Meaning of duke

Verb

duke (third-person singular simple present dukes, present participle duking, simple past and past participle duked)

  1. (informal, transitive) To hit or beat with the fists.
    • It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife […].2003, John A. Dinan, Private Eyes in the Comics, →ISBN, page 65
  2. (slang, transitive) To give cash to; to give a tip to.
    • I duked him twenty dollars.
    Synonyms:
    tip
  3. To perform the duties of, or rule over as, a duke.

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Phrases with duked

Questions about duked

What is duked the simple past and past participle of?
Duked is the simple past and past participle of duke.

Words near duked in the dictionary

  1. Duke of York Islands
  2. Duke of York's Island
  3. Duke of Yorks
  4. duke out
  5. duke up
  6. duked
  7. duked in
  8. duked it out
  9. duked out
  10. duked up
  11. dukedom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duked (page history and authors); duke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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