Definitions

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  • noun colloquial A Ukrainian.

Etymologies

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1941, abbreviation of Ukrainian.

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Examples

  • Mighty Uke is a feature documentary that travels the world to discover why so many people of different nations, cultures, ages and musical tastes are turning to the ukulele to express themselves, connect with the past, and with each other.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • When the wartime ban on plastics ended, Elliot, recognizing the ukulele fad of the time, developed a very popular plastic toy called the Uke-a-Doodle, which Ruth began marketing in 1947.

    Advertising and Consumer Culture in the United States. 2009

  • And while a Uke is a Uke, free to be, it doesn't come easy, as they were discussing back at the Uke Clubhouse: See the problem is that a good transformation, a provocative Uke isn't something that is conjured in minutes.

    A few moments of theory, and many minutes of pure arousal. Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • So in the Maid story a Uke finds out what turns on their partner (the Seme) and emphasises that, or plays along being ‘reluctantly’ driven into gender markers, clothing and actions to arouse, to comfort their partner (the Uke is the one giving off Material feelings up in colour by the tree, while the Seme looks...well, like a guy...which means he is probably thinking about a PS3 game or something).

    A few moments of theory, and many minutes of pure arousal. Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • So in the Maid story a Uke finds out what turns on their partner (the Seme) and emphasises that, or plays along being ‘reluctantly’ driven into gender markers, clothing and actions to arouse, to comfort their partner (the Uke is the one giving off Material feelings up in colour by the tree, while the Seme looks...well, like a guy...which means he is probably thinking about a PS3 game or something).

    Archive 2009-02-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • The Uke is the person in control of their identity, they make it, they mark it, they create it within an environment.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • The Uke is the person in control of their identity, they make it, they mark it, they create it within an environment.

    A few moments of theory, and many minutes of pure arousal. Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • And while a Uke is a Uke, free to be, it doesn't come easy, as they were discussing back at the Uke Clubhouse: See the problem is that a good transformation, a provocative Uke isn't something that is conjured in minutes.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • When one person goes, “Because the Uke is a girl.”

    Lesbian Sleepover III: talk about fantasies and arousal Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • When one person goes, “Because the Uke is a girl.”

    Archive 2008-12-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

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