English Online Dictionary. What means york? What does york mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔː(ɹ)k/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
Etymology 1
Back-formation from yorker.
Verb
york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)
- (cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
Etymology 2
Perhaps imitative.
Verb
york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)
- (slang) To vomit.
- 2013, Breaking Bad (TV series), "Blood Money" (episode)
- BADGER: They're eating blueberry pies... […] Okay, finally, Kirk, he can't take it anymore. He yorks! Now it's just down to Chekov and Spock.
- 2013, Breaking Bad (TV series), "Blood Money" (episode)
Anagrams
- Kory, roky