uke

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see also: Uke

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /juːk/

Noun

uke (plural ukes)

1. (informal) Clipping of ukulele#English|ukulele.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈuːke/

Noun

uke (plural ukes)

1. (judo, martial arts) The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
2. (Japanese fiction) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.
   • 2008, Tan Bee Kee, "Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-Language Yaoi Fanfiction", in Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre (eds. Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry & Dru Pagliassotti), McFarland & Company (2008), ISBN 9780786441952, page 142 ↗:

     Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism.

   • 2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend's a Geek, Volume 1, Yen Press (2012), ISBN 9780316221801, unnumbered page ↗:

     You'd rather have Sebas be an uke?

   • 2010, Kyoka Wakatsuki, "Afterword", in The Selfish Demon King, Digital Manga Publishing (2010), ISBN 9781569701324, unnumbered page ↗:

     Shizuku is so, so, so cute! I love him as an uke so much I can't stand it!

Antonyms

• seme

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Uke

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1941, abbreviation of Ukrainian. Pronunciation

• IPA: /juːk/

Noun

uke (plural ukes)

1. (colloquial) A Ukrainian.

Synonyms

• Ukie

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