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unkie

unkie is the alternative form of unky.

Meaning of unky

Noun

unky (plural unkies)

  1. (childish, colloquial, endearing) Uncle.
    Synonyms:
    unc, nunky

Forms of unkie

pluralunkies

Origin of unkie

Clipping of uncle + -ie.

Questions about unkie

What is unkie the alternative form of?
Unkie is the alternative form of unky.

Words near unkie in the dictionary

  1. unkiddingly
  2. unkidnap
  3. unkidnapped
  4. unkidnapping
  5. unkidnaps
  6. unkie
  7. unkies
  8. unkill
  9. unkillability
  10. unkillable
  11. unkillableness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unkie (page history and authors); unky (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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