different between york vs yoik

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??(?)k/

Etymology 1

Back-formation from yorker.

Verb

york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)

1. (cricket) to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.

Etymology 2

Perhaps imitative.

Verb

york (third-person singular simple present yorks, present participle yorking, simple past and past participle yorked)

1. (slang) To vomit.
   • 2013, Breaking Bad (TV series), "Blood Money" (episode)

     BADGER: They're eating blueberry pies... […] Okay, finally, Kirk, he can't take it anymore. He yorks! Now it's just down to Chekov and Spock.

Anagrams

• Kory, roky

English

Etymology

From Northern Sami juoigat

Noun

yoik (countable and uncountable, plural yoiks)

1. (music, uncountable) A traditional style of Sami singing or chanting.
2. (music, countable) A song in this tradition.

Alternative forms

• joik

Synonyms

• luohti
• vuolle
• leu'dd
• juoiggus

Translations

Verb

yoik (third-person singular simple present yoiks, present participle yoiking, simple past and past participle yoiked)

1. To sing in a traditional Sami style.

Translations