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yeuk

yeuk noun: itch, a prickly feeling.

Noun (1)

yeuk (plural yeuks)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland) itch, a prickly feeling

Verb

yeuk (third-person singular simple present yeuks, present participle yeuking, simple past and past participle yeuked)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland) to itch, irritate the skin

Noun (2)

yeuk (plural yeuks)

  1. (Hong-Kong, dated) An administrative division.

Forms of yeuk

Noun
pluralyeuks
Verb
third-person singular presentyeuks
present participleyeuking
past participleyeuked
pastyeuked
alternative formeuk
alternative formewk
alternative formyook
alternative formyouk

Origin of yeuk

From (northern) Middle English *ȝuken, *ȝokken (suggested by Middle English ȝukynge, ȝokkyn (“itching”) and yuke (“an itching disease”)), from Middle Dutch jucken, jocken (“to itch”), from Old Dutch *jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”). Doublet of itch.

From Cantonese 約 /约 (joek3).

Words formed from yeuk

Questions about yeuk

What does yeuk mean?
Yeuk means itch, a prickly feeling.
What part of speech is yeuk?
Yeuk can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of yeuk?
The plural of yeuk is yeuks.

Words near yeuk in the dictionary

  1. yetzer hara
  2. yetzers
  3. yeuch
  4. yeugh
  5. yeughs
  6. yeuk
  7. yeuked
  8. yeuking
  9. yeuks
  10. yeuky
  11. Yeun

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