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neuk

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /njuːk/
  • rhymes with -uːk
  • homophone: nuke

1

noun

Meaning 1

A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northumbria, Scotland

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noun

Meaning 2

A bend (e.g. in a coast) ...the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northumbria, Scotland

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History

Etymology

See nook.