Uke

//juːk// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of ukulele. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  2. 2
    The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
  3. 3
    A Ukrainian. colloquial
  4. 4
    a small guitar having four strings wordnet
  5. 5
    A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom. Japanese, slang

    "Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism."

Synonyms

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banjoguitarlutemandolinsamisensitar

Antonyms

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seme

Example

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"Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Japanese 受け (uke), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”).

Etymology 2

1941, abbreviation of Ukrainian.

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