nuke

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /njuːk/ (General American) IPA(key): /n(j)uk/ Rhymes: -uːk Homophones: neuk, nuc; (foot-goose, yod-coalescence) nook Hyphenation: nuke === Etymology 1 === Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== nuke (plural nukes) (chiefly US, colloquial) A nuclear weapon. (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale. A nuclear power station. (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power. (warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware). (rare) A microwave oven. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== nuke (third-person singular simple present nukes, present participle nuking, simple past and past participle nuked) (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on (a target). (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely. Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user). (transitive, Internet slang) To maliciously destroy an online community or chat server (especially on Discord) by mass-deleting channels, roles, and messages, or by mass-banning members, often using an automated script or bot. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven. (transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of nuc(leus). ==== Noun ==== nuke (plural nukes) Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”). === Etymology 3 === See nucha. ==== Noun ==== nuke (plural nukes) (anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). === Etymology 4 === See nook. ==== Noun ==== nuke (plural nukes) (chiefly Northern England, archaic) Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”). === References === === Further reading === nuke (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === neuk, unke == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nuke/ [nu.ke] Rhymes: -uke, -e Hyphenation: nu‧ke === Verb === nuke (masculine allocutive nikek, feminine allocutive niken) first-person singular, with third-person singular direct object, hypothetic consequential indicative of izan (“to have”, transitive auxiliary) == Finnish == === Etymology === English nuke === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnuke/, [ˈnuk̟e̞] Rhymes: -uke Syllabification(key): nu‧ke Hyphenation(key): nu‧ke === Noun === nuke (slang) synonym of ydinase (“nuclear weapon”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====