york

york

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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)

  1. (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)

  1. (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.

Anagrams

  • Kory, roky

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