Citations:yawk

English citations of yawk

Interjection

• 2012 November 12, “M.A.A.D City”, in Good Kid, M.A.A.D City‎^[1], performed by Kendrick Lamar assisted by Schoolboy Q:

  Seem like the whole city go against me
  Every time I'm in the street, I hear—
  Yawk! Yawk! Yawk! Yawk!
  Man down, where you from, nigga?

  • See also the transcription of this song
    2014 June 19, “Miguel Enjoys A Bit Of Storytelling In His Favorite Songs”, in Npr‎^[2]:

    Every time I'm in the street, I hear, yock, yock, yock, yock. Man down.

  • So also many on Twitter, "yock man down".

Verb “to shoot” as in “to make impact by gunfire”

• 2018 May 16, OD THA OG @oddikinz, tweets‎^[3], on Twitter:

  some guy got yawked right in front of me smh I just wanted an Arizona

• 2020 March 22, Cesar Avila @QuavoSpeaks, tweets‎^[4], on Twitter:

  4 kill thermite play to win the round and secure a 2-0 lead.
  
  Accidentally got @spencethesavage yawked in the process but his sacrifice was necesssary. 🥴😂

• 2021 June 9, #T23 Rj x Marz x Ehm x Sheen (Cork) (lyrics and music), “Bars At The Sesh”‎^[5]number S3.E3, Dearfxch TV, 1:44–1:50:

  Been on the field, I love scoring goals,
  when I wave my arm my poke’s involves,
  it feels not enough so I yock man down and I yock some more till I take his soul

  He makes a “chinging” gesture for both instances of the word but this is probably to follow the music and from the gradation it is clear that booting is meant. It can be heard /jɔk/ here.

• 2021 July 24, 🇮🇪 YB2 (lyrics and music), “Riding”‎^[6], 0:58–1:01, 1:05–1:08:

  I don’t know what happened, yock man down, tell “it a mad ting”

• 2021 September 11, #StainBoyz T.Y (Birmingham) (lyrics and music), “Black Bandana”‎^[7], 1:05–1:06:

  Now I yak man down cuz he fucks with m[rest was cut]

• 2021 November 17, #OTP LKIZZ (lyrics and music), “Jason Bourne”‎^[8], 1:08–1:12:

  [Some bloke] was yawked in his leg
  I bet that has driven his day like grinch

• 2023 March 9, “No Face”, KSav (lyrics), 1:01–1:05:

  I want money and he wants same
  Verbal abuse can get him yucked ([jʌkt])
  Slam my RIP on face

Verb “to shoot” in a ball game

• 2020 February 26, Little Laker Boy @Aswaggmckinley, tweets‎^[9], on Twitter:

  Baseball would be cool if everyone did steroids and just yawked that fuckin ball every at bat

Noun “gun”

• 2016 June 4, Antorian Covington @TeamAsshxle, tweets‎^[10], on Twitter:

  This old head said he ain't never went to school with the yawk , I went to school with my tool cuz I ain't wanna get yawked ..

Verb “to stab” as in “to hit by knife”

• 2024 January 7, “Woyoi Szn”, #LTH G41 (lyrics)‎^[11], 0:32:

  LB done ate 2 blades
  He got yucked with this one for adding a K

  The gestures and context leave no ambiguity

Unrelated verbs or obscure transferred senses

• For query "yawked" we see at least one other sense on Twitter; meseems jock, jack off, considering that Twitterers do not shy away to inform the public about their self-abuse. Fay Freak (talk) 05:50, 8 July 2021 (UTC)