Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neuk

/njuːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: neuk
IPA: /njuːk/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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.

Etymology

See nook.

Inflected Forms

neuks (plural)

Homonyms

nuke nuque

Rhymes With

look duke luke nuke puke fluke rebuke chinook spook juke kook sook

Questions

How do you pronounce neuk?: The recorded pronunciation is /njuːk/.
What does neuk mean?: A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
Where does neuk come from?: See nook.

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