Dictionary

uke en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /juːk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of ukulele.
   alt of ukulele

Forms

Deriveds

banjo uke · banjouke

uke en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈuːke/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Japanese 受け (uke), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”).

Meanings

1. The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
2. (Japanese, slang) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.
   • Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism. 2008, Tan Bee Kee, “Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-language Yaoi Fanfiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 142:
   • You'd rather have Sebas be an uke? 2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend’s a Geek, volume 1, Yen Press, published 2012, →ISBN:
   • Shizuku is so, so, so cute! I love him as an uke so much I can't stand it! 2010, Kyoka Wakatsuki, “Afterword”, in The Selfish Demon King, Digital Manga Publishing, →ISBN, page 137:

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Antonyms

seme