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yawk

/jɑːk/

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London/jʌk/

yawk interjection: imitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.

Interjection

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, rare, slang, African-American Vernacular) Imitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.

Verb

yawk (third-person singular simple present yawks, present participle yawking, simple past and past participle yawked)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, ambitransitive, rare, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot, to make an impact (on) by or as if by firing.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.
    Synonyms:
    bun, blam, blem

Synonyms of yawk

Forms of yawk

Interjection
alternative formyock
alternative formyuck
Verb
third-person singular presentyawks
present participleyawking
past participleyawked
pastyawked

Origin of yawk

Onomatopoeic.

Phrases with yawk

Words that rhyme with yawk

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Questions about yawk

What does yawk mean?
Yawk means imitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.
What part of speech is yawk?
Yawk can be an interjection or a verb.
How do you pronounce yawk?
Yawk is pronounced /jɑːk/.

Words near yawk in the dictionary

  1. YAWF
  2. Yawhen
  3. Yawhens
  4. yawing
  5. yawingly
  6. yawk
  7. yawker bird
  8. yawl
  9. yawled
  10. yawler
  11. yawlers

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