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English

Etymology

Coined by Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- +? transportation.

Noun

teleportation (plural teleportations)

1. Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.

Synonyms

• teleport
• teletransportation

Derived terms

• teleport
• quantum teleportation

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?k/
• Homophone: yuck
• Rhymes: -?k

Interjection

yuk

1. (onomatopoeia) An exuberant laugh.

Noun

yuk (plural yuks)

1. (slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
   • 1992, Alan S. Blinder in Business Week (issues 3268-3272)

     The latest yuk from Congress is called the balanced-budget amendment. It could wind up making slumps deeper and recoveries more difficult — and that's no joke.

Verb

yuk (third-person singular simple present yuks, present participle yukking, simple past and past participle yukked)

1. To laugh exuberantly.

Derived terms

• yuk it up

See also

• yuck
• hyuk

Anagrams

• kyu

Biak

Etymology

Borrowed from a truncation of English ukulele, from Hawaiian ?ukulele, from ?uku (“flea, louse”) + lele (“jumping”). Doublet of uk.

Noun

yuk

1. ukulele

Indonesian

Etymology

Clipping of ayo.

Interjection

yuk

1. go ahead

Further reading

• “yuk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lacandon

Noun

yuk

1. red brocket

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juk/, [jok]

Classifier

yuk

1. classifier for humans

Noun

yuk

1. person

Verb

yuk

1. to grow

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• eok
• yok

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [e?ok?]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jek?/
• Bender phonemes: {y?k?}

Pronoun

yuk

1. you (singular); thou.

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *yä?kwë, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?wos, whence also Latin equus, Old Irish ech. Compare with Tocharian B yakwe.

Noun

yuk

1. horse

Uzbek

Noun

yuk (plural yuklar)

1. cargo, luggage

Derived terms

• yukxona