unc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Old; no longer versed in or relevant to current youth culture.
noun
  1. Clipping of uncle.
  2. An older male relative.
  3. Any older man, especially middle-aged.
noun
  1. A phenotype of Caenorhabditis elegans that moves in an uncoordinated manner.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of uncirculated.
name
  1. Initialism of Uniform Naming Convention, a syntax to describe the location of a network resource.
  2. Initialism of University of North Carolina.
  3. Initialism of United Nations Command.
  4. Initialism of Unified Coarse (formerly an initialism of Unified National Coarse), a screw thread classification within the Unified Thread Standard.

Pronunciation

/ʌŋk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unc.wav

Word forms

unc more unc most unc unk uncs

Etymology

Clipping of uncle.

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Derived words

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