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yeuk

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *jukkjan✻ — “to itch”
  2. derived from *jukken✻
  3. derived from jucken
  4. inherited from *ȝuken✻

Definitions

  1. itch, a prickly feeling

  2. to itch, irritate the skin

  3. An administrative division.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yeuk. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA