yeuk

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noun

itch, a prickly feeling

OriginMiddle English *ȝuken ← Middle Dutch jucken ← Old Dutch *jukken →
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Meanings

yeuk1

nounyeuk (plural yeuks)

plural yeuks

  1. NorthumbriaScotlanditch, a prickly feeling
verbyeuk (third-person singular simple present yeuks, present participle yeuking, simple past and past participle yeuked)

present singular third person yeuks · participle present yeuking · participle past yeuked · past yeuked · alternative euk · alternative ewk · alternative yook · alternative youk

  1. NorthumbriaScotlandto itch, irritate the skin

yeuk2

nounyeuk (plural yeuks)

plural yeuks

  1. Hong KongdatedAn administrative division.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
itch

Origin

yeuk · noun, verb

  1. Proto-West Germanic*jukkjan“to itch”
  2. Old Dutch*jukken
  3. Middle Dutchjucken
  4. Middle English*ȝuken
  5. Englishyeuk

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.

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yeuk · noun

  1. Cantonese約 /约
  2. Englishyeuk

From Cantonese 約 /约 (joek3).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Kuye
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APA

yeuk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeuk

MLA

“yeuk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeuk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yeuk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeuk.

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