cuke en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkjuːk/
Etymology
Clipping of cucumber.
Meanings
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(informal) A cucumber.
I finally figured out what is mating on my cukes: squash bugs.
2007 August 2, Anne Raver, “Nature Red in Tooth, Claw and Carapace”, in New York Times:By the time she was nine, Nina was traveling to distant markets on her own to sell her family's fresh tomatoes, beans, squash, zukes, cukes, peppers[…]
2009, Dev Patnaik, Peter Mortensen, Wired to care: how companies prosper when they create widespread empathy:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cukes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |