"york" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)k/ Audio: en-au-york.ogg [Australia] Forms: yorks [present, singular, third-person], yorking [participle, present], yorked [participle, past], yorked [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k Etymology: Back-formation from yorker. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yorker}} yorker Head templates: {{en-verb}} york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)
  1. (cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-york-en-verb-BW~yb0RZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)k/ Audio: en-au-york.ogg [Australia] Forms: yorks [present, singular, third-person], yorking [participle, present], yorked [participle, past], yorked [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k Etymology: Perhaps imitative. Head templates: {{en-verb}} york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)
  1. (slang) To vomit. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-york-en-verb-ndNoz1AC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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