yawk
English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (AAVE) IPA(key): /jɑːk/
- (MLE, Cork and Dublin) IPA(key): /jɔk/
- (MLE, Birmingham and Liverpool) IPA(key): /jɑk~jak/
- (MLE, London) IPA(key): /jʌk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
- Homophone: york (in non-rhotic accents)
Interjection
yawk
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE, gaming, rare) imitative for the sound of a shot in particular of a gun.
Verb
yawk (third-person singular simple present yawks, present participle yawking, simple past and past participle yawked)
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE, gaming, rare, transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to make an impact (on) by or as if by firing.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.
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