"cuck" meaning in English

See cuck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʌk/, /kʊk/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuck.wav Forms: cucks [plural]
enPR: kŭk Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Clipping of cuckold or cuckquean. The sense of weakling, race traitor, etc. apparently originated on 4chan in 2014 and migrated to Reddit soon after. Etymology templates: {{clip|en|cuckold}} Clipping of cuckold Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuck (plural cucks)
  1. (slang) A cuckold or cuckquean. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-noun-HRcHBxGN
  2. (derogatory, slang) A weakling. Tags: derogatory, slang Translations (weakling): malfortulo (Esperanto), cedemulo (Esperanto), cocu [masculine] (French), cocue [feminine] (French), cocus [masculine, plural] (French), cocues [feminine, plural] (French)
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-noun-q6sz6Y66 Disambiguation of 'weakling': 3 94 2
  3. (derogatory, slang) One who meekly and submissively acts against their own interests, or those of their own race, gender, class, religion, etc. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-noun-owHqwF~b Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 2 34 10 11 8 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 3 27 10 13 8 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 2 25 11 14 13 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Christcuck, cuckcake, cuck chair, cuckery, Cuckistan, cuckservative, cucky, soycuck, Trumpcuck, wagecuck Related terms: fatbeard, race traitor
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kʌk/, /kʊk/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuck.wav Forms: cucks [present, singular, third-person], cucking [participle, present], cucked [participle, past], cucked [past]
enPR: kŭk Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Clipping of cuckold or cuckquean. The sense of weakling, race traitor, etc. apparently originated on 4chan in 2014 and migrated to Reddit soon after. Etymology templates: {{clip|en|cuckold}} Clipping of cuckold Head templates: {{en-verb}} cuck (third-person singular simple present cucks, present participle cucking, simple past and past participle cucked)
  1. (slang, transitive) To cuckold or cuckquean, to be sexually unfaithful towards. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-verb-j594NHrD Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 2 25 11 14 13 27
  2. (slang, transitive) To turn into a cuckold or cuckquean, to cheat with the partner of (someone). Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-verb-mwwHxGuQ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 2 34 10 11 8 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 3 27 10 13 8 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 2 25 11 14 13 27
  3. (slang, transitive, derogatory) To weaken or emasculate, to render pathetic. Tags: derogatory, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-verb-owtuP693 Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 2 25 11 14 13 27
  4. (slang, transitive, derogatory) To fool and thus lower the status of, to exploit the trust or tolerance of (to one's own benefit and the other's disadvantage); to make into a cuck (one who acts against their own interests). Tags: derogatory, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-verb-VZuEqbRY Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 2 34 10 11 8 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 3 27 10 13 8 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 2 25 11 14 13 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: uncucked
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kʌk/, /kʊk/ [Ireland, Northern-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuck.wav Forms: cucks [present, singular, third-person], cucking [participle, present], cucked [participle, past], cucked [past]
enPR: kŭk Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Back-formation from cucking stool. Head templates: {{en-verb}} cuck (third-person singular simple present cucks, present participle cucking, simple past and past participle cucked)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To punish (someone) by putting them in a cucking stool. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-cuck-en-verb-mFmAy-e1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 16 3 6 5 27 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 2 15 5 7 5 24 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 16 3 4 3 27 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2015, Carter Saint, Coming Out As a Cuck:",
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          "ref": "2016, Kumail Nanjiani, quoted in The Guardian, 12 November",
          "text": "He starts getting in my face. Thomas puts his hand on the dude’s chest to stop him. ‘Don’t touch me you cuck. Wanna go outside?’"
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          "ref": "2017 August 3, Tim Squirrell, “The evolution of \"cuck\" shows that different far-right groups are learning the same language”, in New Statesman:",
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        {
          "ref": "2020, \"TDO\" quoted by Vinny Troia in Hunting Cyber Criminalshttps://books.google.com/books?id=2a3MDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA241",
          "text": "You're site is SHITE. It gets hacked DAILY. You dumb cuck."
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        "(derogatory, slang) A weakling."
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          "word": "malfortulo"
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          "word": "cedemulo"
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        "(slang, transitive) To cuckold or cuckquean, to be sexually unfaithful towards."
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        "(slang, transitive, derogatory) To weaken or emasculate, to render pathetic."
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          "ref": "2016 May 18, Milo Yiannopoulos, Cucked by Zuck:",
          "text": "It’s redolent of the way establishment conservatives lost the culture war in the first place, by bowing to the opposition, allowing others to play them for fools, and contenting themselves with the occasional scraps thrown to them by progressive elites. I said “cucked by Zuck” earlier, but in reality, they were cucked a long time ago and by their enemies in the Democratic Party and liberal media.",
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      "ipa": "/kʊk/",
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        "Northern-England"
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      "homophone": "cook (most accents without the foot-strut split)"
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}
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    {
      "word": "Christcuck"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuckcake"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuck chair"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuckery"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cuckistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuckservative"
    },
    {
      "word": "cucky"
    },
    {
      "word": "soycuck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Trumpcuck"
    },
    {
      "word": "wagecuck"
    }
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          "ref": "1706, Edward Ward, Hudibras redivivus, I.10:",
          "text": "Not the Horn-Plague, but something worse, Had drove the frighted Cucks from thence.",
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          "ref": "2015 August 17, Filipa Jodelka, The Guardian:",
          "text": "We bounce from Bisset and Seymour’s increasingly happy shagging to Worsley, the willing cuck, watching on and, finally, the trial that Worsley brings against Bisset.",
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          "ref": "2015, Carter Saint, Coming Out As a Cuck:",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Kumail Nanjiani, quoted in The Guardian, 12 November",
          "text": "He starts getting in my face. Thomas puts his hand on the dude’s chest to stop him. ‘Don’t touch me you cuck. Wanna go outside?’"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 3, Tim Squirrell, “The evolution of \"cuck\" shows that different far-right groups are learning the same language”, in New Statesman:",
          "text": "From there cuck evolved into a catch-all way of abusing men who might be otherwise referred to as “betas”.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, \"TDO\" quoted by Vinny Troia in Hunting Cyber Criminalshttps://books.google.com/books?id=2a3MDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA241",
          "text": "You're site is SHITE. It gets hacked DAILY. You dumb cuck."
        }
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          "class",
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      "homophone": "cook (most accents without the foot-strut split)"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌk"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "weakling",
      "word": "malfortulo"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "weakling",
      "word": "cedemulo"
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      "word": "cocu"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "cocue"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "cocues"
    }
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  "word": "cuck"
}

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      "word": "uncucked"
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        "(slang, transitive) To cuckold or cuckquean, to be sexually unfaithful towards."
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        "(slang, transitive) To turn into a cuckold or cuckquean, to cheat with the partner of (someone)."
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        "(slang, transitive, derogatory) To weaken or emasculate, to render pathetic."
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          "ref": "2016 May 18, Milo Yiannopoulos, Cucked by Zuck:",
          "text": "It’s redolent of the way establishment conservatives lost the culture war in the first place, by bowing to the opposition, allowing others to play them for fools, and contenting themselves with the occasional scraps thrown to them by progressive elites. I said “cucked by Zuck” earlier, but in reality, they were cucked a long time ago and by their enemies in the Democratic Party and liberal media.",
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        "To fool and thus lower the status of, to exploit the trust or tolerance of (to one's own benefit and the other's disadvantage); to make into a cuck (one who acts against their own interests)."
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          "lower"
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          "status",
          "status"
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          "exploit"
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          "trust",
          "trust"
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        [
          "tolerance",
          "tolerance"
        ],
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          "disadvantage",
          "disadvantage"
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          "cuck",
          "#Noun"
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        "(slang, transitive, derogatory) To fool and thus lower the status of, to exploit the trust or tolerance of (to one's own benefit and the other's disadvantage); to make into a cuck (one who acts against their own interests)."
      ],
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        "present",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cucking",
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          "ref": "1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girle:",
          "text": "Follow the law, and you can cucke mee, spare not.",
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        "To punish (someone) by putting them in a cucking stool."
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To punish (someone) by putting them in a cucking stool."
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      "ipa": "/kʊk/",
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}

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