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neuk

/njuːk/

neuk noun: a corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917).

Noun

neuk (plural neuks)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
  2. (Northumbria, Scotland) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.

Forms of neuk

pluralneuks

Origin of neuk

See nook.

Words that rhyme with neuk

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Questions about neuk

What does neuk mean?
Neuk means a corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917).
What part of speech is neuk?
Neuk is a noun.
How do you pronounce neuk?
Neuk is pronounced /njuːk/.
What is the plural of neuk?
The plural of neuk is neuks.

Words near neuk in the dictionary

  1. Neuhausers
  2. Neuhauses
  3. Neuhoffnung
  4. Neuilly-Plaisance
  5. Neuilly-sur-Seine
  6. neuk
  7. Neukam
  8. Neukams
  9. Neukirch-Uchida theorem
  10. neuks
  11. Neukölln

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