nuke

English Online Dictionary. What means nuke‎? What does nuke mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n(j)uk/
• Rhymes: -uːk
• Homophones: neuk, nuc
• Hyphenation: nuke

Etymology 1

Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes) (chiefly US, colloquial)

1. A nuclear weapon.
2. (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
3. A nuclear power station.
4. (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
5. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
6. (warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
7. (rare) A microwave oven.

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Verb

nuke (third-person singular simple present nukes, present participle nuking, simple past and past participle nuked)

1. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
2. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

   Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy
3. (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
4. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.
5. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
6. (transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.

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Etymology 2

Clipping of nuc(leus)

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

1. Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”)

Etymology 3

See nucha.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

2. (anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”)

Etymology 4

See nook.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

1. (chiefly Northern England, archaic) Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”)

References

Further reading

• nuke (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• neuk, unke

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuke/ [nu.ke]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Hyphenation: nu‧ke

Verb

nuke

1. First-person singular (nik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, hypothetic consequential indicative form of izan.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Finnish

Etymology

English nuke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuke/, [ˈnuk̟e̞]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Hyphenation^(key): nu‧ke

Noun

nuke (slang)

1. Synonym of ydinase (“nuclear weapon”).

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