Dictionary.com

cuke

[ kyook ]
/ kyuk /
Save This Word!
noun Informal.
cucumber.
QUIZ
ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Question 1 of 8
Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?
navy
beryl
azure
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT
Meet Grammar CoachWrite or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar helpImprove Your Writing
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Origin of cuke

First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening and respelling

Words nearby cuke

cuisse, cuitlacoche, cuittle, cui-ui, cuj., cuke, Cukor, CUL8R, Culbertson, culch, culchie
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use cuke in a sentence

  • McIlheny: "And are ye the mahn that's after takun' my wife for yer cuke?"

    The Albany Depot|W. D. Howells

  • What's to kape a cuke from lukun' like a lady, or a lady from lukun' like a cuke?

    The Albany Depot|W. D. Howells
FEEDBACK