yawk

English

Alternative forms

• yock, yuck

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

1. (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)

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE, gaming, rare, transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to make an impact (on) by or as if by firing.

   Synonyms: bun, blam, blem

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.

Anagrams

• Kyaw, kyaw