yawk

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yawk

  • /jɑːk/
  • /jɔk/
  • /jɑk~jak/
  • /jʌk/ London, Multicultural London English

Sounds like york (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɔːk

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic.

interjection yock · yuck

  1. Multicultural London English, rare, slang Imitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun. For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.

verb yawks · yawking · yawked · yock · yuck

  1. Multicultural London English, ambitransitive, rare, slang To shoot, to make an impact (on) by or as if by firing. For quotations using this term, see Citations:yawk.

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