york

See also: York

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔː(ɹ)k/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)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

Polish

yorki

Etymology

Clipping of yorkshire terrier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔrk/
• Rhymes: -ɔrk
• Syllabification: york
• Homophones: Jork, York

Noun

york m animal

1. Yorkshire Terrier, Yorkie (breed of toy dog having a long, glossy coat)

   Synonyms: yorkshire, yorkshire terrier

Declension

Declension of york

	singular	plural
nominative	york	yorki
genitive	yorka	yorków
dative	yorkowi	yorkom
accusative	yorka	yorki
instrumental	yorkiem	yorkami
locative	yorku	yorkach
vocative	yorku	yorki

Further reading

• york in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• york in Polish dictionaries at PWN