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yoked

/joʊkt/

yoked adjective: wearing a yoke. Also the simple past and past participle of yoke.

Adjective

yoked (not comparable)

  1. (literal) Wearing a yoke.
    • The yoked oxen stood ready.
  2. (figuratively) Subjugated.
    • yoked workers
  3. Having large and well-defined muscles particularly at the neck and the trapezii (forming thus the “yoke“).
    • By the end of his fourth year of weight-lifting, Lee was yoked.
    • “Your validation feels so good. Tell me more.” “I can end this with praise. Uh, J-Jack, you're a-a fine commander. You're in phenomenal shape.” “Yes, fine commander. Yes, so yoked.”2021 August 12, Mike McMahan, “Strange Energies” (19:50 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Jack Ransom (Jerry O'Connell)
  4. (slang) Married.
    • They got yoked four years ago.

Also used as

yoked is also the simple past and past participle of yoke.

Origin of yoked

From yoke + -ed.

Words that rhyme with yoked

Questions about yoked

What does yoked mean?
Yoked means wearing a yoke.
What part of speech is yoked?
Yoked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce yoked?
Yoked is pronounced /joʊkt/.

Words near yoked in the dictionary

  1. yoke-pin
  2. yoke-pins
  3. yoke-toed
  4. yokeable
  5. yokeag
  6. yoked
  7. yokefellow
  8. yokefellows
  9. yokel
  10. yokeldom
  11. yokeless

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