"deke" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /diːk/ Forms: dekes [plural]
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: Canadian English, a contraction of decoy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|decoy}} decoy Head templates: {{en-noun}} deke (plural dekes)
  1. (ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman. Categories (topical): Ice hockey Translations (feint or fake): finte [common-gender] (Danish), harhautus (Finnish), finte [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fint [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (series of feints or fakes): finter [plural] (Danish), harhautus (Finnish), finter [feminine, masculine, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-deke-en-noun-gFYpMTkx Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports Disambiguation of 'feint or fake': 79 15 6 Disambiguation of 'series of feints or fakes': 62 24 14
  2. As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.
    Sense id: en-deke-en-noun-ap9C~F4i
  3. (Canada, slang) A quick detour. Tags: Canada, slang
    Sense id: en-deke-en-noun-E5cEeRDE Categories (other): Canadian English

Verb [English]

IPA: /diːk/ Forms: dekes [present, singular, third-person], deking [participle, present], deked [participle, past], deked [past]
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: Canadian English, a contraction of decoy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|decoy}} decoy Head templates: {{en-verb}} deke (third-person singular simple present dekes, present participle deking, simple past and past participle deked)
  1. (Canada) To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery. Tags: Canada
    Sense id: en-deke-en-verb-kGWZa~vN Categories (other): Canadian English
  2. (ice hockey) To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports. Categories (topical): Ice hockey
    Sense id: en-deke-en-verb-lupOGEwO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 16 9 20 40 Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: body swerve

Adverb [Esperanto]

Audio: LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-deke.wav
Etymology: dek + -e Head templates: {{eo-head}} deke
  1. tenthly
    Sense id: en-deke-eo-adv-Nohosa-m Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Pohnpeian]

Head templates: {{head|pon|noun}} deke
  1. island, islet, atoll
    Sense id: en-deke-pon-noun-txrHDCBB Categories (other): Pohnpeian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pohnpeian entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
  2. coral or reef island
    Sense id: en-deke-pon-noun-SwGcpuT0

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto adverbs",
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto terms with audio links"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tenthly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tenthly",
          "tenthly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-deke.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/LL-Q143_%28epo%29-Lepticed7-deke.wav/LL-Q143_%28epo%29-Lepticed7-deke.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/LL-Q143_%28epo%29-Lepticed7-deke.wav/LL-Q143_%28epo%29-Lepticed7-deke.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deke"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pohnpeian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pohnpeian lemmas",
    "Pohnpeian nouns"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pon",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "deke",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pohnpeian",
  "lang_code": "pon",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "island, islet, atoll"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "islet",
          "islet"
        ],
        [
          "atoll",
          "atoll"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "coral or reef island"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "deke"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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