English Explanatory Dictionary

yeuk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. itch, a prickly feeling
verb
  1. to itch, irritate the skin
noun
  1. An administrative division.

Word forms

yeuk yeuks yeuking yeuked euk ewk yook youk

Etymology

From (northern) Middle English *ȝuken, *ȝokken (suggested by Middle English ȝukynge, ȝokkyn (“itching”) and yuke (“an itching disease”)), from Middle Dutch jucken, jocken (“to itch”), from Old Dutch *jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”). Doublet of itch.

Derived words

yeuky
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