Yeuk

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    itch, a prickly feeling Northumbria, Scotland
  2. 2
    An administrative division. Hong-Kong, dated
Verb
  1. 1
    to itch, irritate the skin Northumbria, Scotland

Synonyms

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itchitchitching

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 約 /约 (joek3).

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