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uke

UK/juːk/ uncommon informal slang

noun

1.

a small guitar having four strings

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Origin

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”).

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