"neuk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /njuːk/ Forms: neuks [plural]
Rhymes: -uːk Etymology: See nook. Etymology templates: {{m|en|nook}} nook Head templates: {{en-noun}} neuk (plural neuks)
  1. (Scotland, Northumbria) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917) Tags: Northumbria, Scotland
    Sense id: en-neuk-en-noun-NrTpo250 Categories (other): Northumbrian English, Scottish English
  2. (Scotland, Northumbria) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter. Tags: Northumbria, Scotland
    Sense id: en-neuk-en-noun-Emay~3Rm Categories (other): Northumbrian English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for neuk meaning in English (1.9kB)

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