cuke

American  

[kyook] / kyuk /

noun

Informal.

1. cucumber.

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Etymology

Origin of cuke

First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening and respelling

Example Sentences

But if you’re looking to up your r-cucumber salad game, consider blogger Paula Hingley's recipe which involves pounding those cuke slices.

From Fox News • Jul. 16, 2021

But if one monkey received grapes while the other was rewarded with a mere cuke, conflict arose: “Monkeys who’d been perfectly happy to work for cucumber all of a sudden went on strike.”

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2019

I was goun' to tell the gintleman that if he was lukun' for a cuke, I'd a cousin out of place that was the best professed cuke in Bahston.

From The Albany Depot : a Farce by Howells, William Dean

What did ye mane, sor, by comin' up to the Hannorable Mrs. Michael McIlheny and askun' her if she was a cuke?

From The Albany Depot : a Farce by Howells, William Dean

What's to kape a cuke from lukun' like a lady, or a lady from lukun' like a cuke?

From The Albany Depot : a Farce by Howells, William Dean