Associations to the word «Uke»

Wiktionary

UKE, noun. Ukulele.
UKE, noun. (judo) (martial arts) The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
UKE, noun. (Japanese fiction) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.
UKE, noun. (colloquial) A Ukrainian.

Dictionary definition

UKE, noun. A small guitar having four strings.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats