yok

/jɒk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

verb

noun

Derogatory

"[W]e had not only won the cup but also a great moral victory over the yoks."
"I'd been warned about just such a day, when the yoks would come with their white-boned fists and start knocking us about."

Reversal of goy, with final devoicing.

yoks (plural) yoks (present, singular) yokking (participle, present) yokked (participle, past) yokked (past)

yock

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Questions

How do you pronounce yok?

The recorded pronunciation is /jɒk/.

What does yok mean?

Alternative form of yock.

Where does yok come from?

Reversal of goy, with final devoicing.

How to pronounce yok

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