"unk" meaning in English

See unk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: unks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} unk (plural unks)
  1. Alternative form of unc (“uncle”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: unc (extra: uncle)
    Sense id: en-unk-en-noun-rm5w4NfB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unk (plural unks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "uncle",
          "word": "unc"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2023, Percy Keese Fitzhugh, The Lost Mine of the Amazon\nMy unk seems like a kid to me yet. He's not forty."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of unc (“uncle”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-unk-en-noun-rm5w4NfB",
      "links": [
        [
          "unc",
          "unc#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unk"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unk (plural unks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "uncle",
          "word": "unc"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2023, Percy Keese Fitzhugh, The Lost Mine of the Amazon\nMy unk seems like a kid to me yet. He's not forty."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of unc (“uncle”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unc",
          "unc#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unk"
}

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