wuk

English

Noun

wuk (uncountable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of work, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Verb

wuk (third-person singular simple present wuks, present participle wukkin', simple past and past participle wukked)

1. Pronunciation spelling of work, representing African-American Vernacular English.
   • 1898, Barry Pain, The Curick:

     Thet's it—it evens up the score, and yet it don't wuk right,

Epigraphic Mayan

Alternative forms

• huk
• ⟨𝋧⟩

Numeral

wuk

1. seven

West Flemish

Alternative forms

• wik

Etymology

From Middle Dutch welc (“which”), from Old Dutch welik, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.

Pronoun

wuk

1. what

   Synonym: wa

   Wuk i da?

   What is that?

Derived terms

• etwuk
• voewuk