different between nagasaki vs nuke

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nju?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n(j)uk/
• Rhymes: -u?k
• Homophones: neuk, nuc
• Hyphenation: nuke

Etymology 1

Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes) (chiefly US, colloquial)

1. A nuclear weapon.
2. (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
3. A nuclear power station.
4. (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
5. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
6. (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).
7. (rare) A microwave oven.

Derived terms

• antinuke
• micronuke
• nukage
• nukespeak
• nukewar
• tacnuke

Translations

Verb

nuke (third-person singular simple present nukes, present participle nuking, simple past and past participle nuked)

1. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
2. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

   Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy

   1. (Wikimedia Commons jargon) to completely delete all uploads of an user, usually due to copyright violations or vandalism
3. (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
4. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.
5. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
6. (transitive, warez) To flag a release as bad for some reason or another (for instance, due to being a dupe of an earlier release or containing malware).
7. (transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To over-analyze or overly despair over something.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of nuc(leus)

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

1. Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”)

Etymology 3

See nucha.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

2. (anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”)

Etymology 4

See nook.

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

1. (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