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york

/jɔː(ɹ)k/US/jɔɹk/

york verb: to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.

Verb (1)

york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)

  1. to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.

Verb (2)

york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)

  1. (slang) To vomit.
    • BADGER: They're eating blueberry pies... […] Okay, finally, Kirk, he can't take it anymore. He yorks! Now it's just down to Chekov and Spock.2013, Breaking Bad (TV series), "Blood Money" (episode)

Proper noun capitalized: York

York

  1. A town and local government area (the Shire of York), in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
  2. A coastal town in Sierra Leone.
  3. A city, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England.
  4. A hamlet in Billington and Langho parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7033).
  5. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  6. A regional municipality of Ontario, Canada.
  7. A district and former municipality of Toronto, Canada.
  8. Former name of Toronto (used before 1834): a city in Ontario, Canada.
  9. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  10. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  11. A city in Sumter County, Alabama.
  12. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Illinois.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana.
  2. A town in York County, Maine.
  3. An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.
  4. A city, the county seat of York County, Nebraska.
  5. A town in Livingston County, New York.
  6. A tiny city in Benson County, North Dakota.
  7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
  8. An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio.
  9. A city, the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A city, the county seat of York County, South Carolina.
  11. A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  12. A small town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  13. A small town in Green County, Wisconsin.
  14. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  15. A number of townships in the United States, listed under York Township.
  16. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of York County.
  17. The House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.
  18. A royal dukedom traditionally given to the second son of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
  19. A habitational surname from Old English from the city or the county; See also Yorke.

Noun capitalized: York

York (plural Yorks)

  1. (abbreviation) Short for York Imperial (“apple cultivar”).

york meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

york in Tamil

யார்க்

york in Marathi

यॉर्कला

york in Urdu

یارک

york in Bengali

ইয়র্ক
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york in Telugu
యార్క్
york in Malayalam
യോർക്കിലേക്ക്, യോർക്കിലേക്കുള്ള
york in Kannada
ಯಾರ್ಕ್ಗೆ, ಯಾರ್ಕ್
york in Punjabi
ਯਾਰਕ ਤੱਕ, ਯਾਰਕ, ਯੌਰਕ ਤੱਕ
york in Gujarati
યોર્ક સુધી, યોર્ક
york in Odia
ଯ଼ର୍କକୁ, ଯ଼ର୍କ

Synonyms of york

Forms of york

Verb
third-person singular presentyorks
present participleyorking
past participleyorked
pastyorked
Proper noun
alternative form (obsolete)Yorke
Noun
pluralYorks

Origin of york

Back-formation from yorker.

Perhaps imitative.

From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Displaced Middle English Everwik, from the Old English.

Words formed from york

Phrases with york

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Words that rhyme with york

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Questions about york

What does york mean?
York means to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
What is york in Tamil?
York in Tamil is யார்க். See York meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is york?
York can be a verb, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce york?
York is pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)k/.
What is the past tense of york?
The past tense of york is yorked.

Words near york in the dictionary

  1. Yorick
  2. yoriki
  3. yorikiri
  4. yorikis
  5. yoritaoshi
  6. york
  7. York Beach
  8. York boat
  9. York boats
  10. York Chocolate Cat
  11. York Chocolate Cats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: york (page history and authors); York (page history and authors); york (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); york (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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