yawk

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/jɑːk//jɔk//jɑk~jak/London, Multicultural London English/jʌk/

interjection

Imitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.”

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Meanings

interjection

alternative yock · alternative yuck

  1. Multicultural London EnglishrareslangAfrican-American VernaculargamesImitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.

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

present singular third person yawks · participle present yawking · participle past yawked · past yawked · alternative yock · alternative yuck

  1. Multicultural London EnglishambitransitiverareslangAfrican-American VernaculargamesTo 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 & antonyms

verbTo shoot, to make an impact (on) by or as if by firing.

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Origin

Onomatopoeic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yawk

talkwalkhawkoverstockchalkstalkawkaukbalkcaulksquawkmawkdawkby a long chalkcocktail forkpawkpickle forkPisokshalk
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Sounds the same

york (non-rhotic)york (non-rhotic)

Anagrams

Kyawawky
Cite this entry
APA

yawk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawk

MLA

“yawk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yawk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawk.

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