nuke
pronunciation
How to pronounce nuke in British English:
UK [nju:k]
How to pronounce nuke in American English:
US [nuk, njuk]
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- Noun:
- the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
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- Verb:
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- bomb with atomic weapons
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
Word Origin
- nuke (n.)
- short for nuclear weapon, 1959, U.S. military slang (see nuclear). The verb is attested from 1962; the slang sense of "to cook in a microwave oven" is from 1987. Related: Nuked; nuking.
Example
- 1. Was it always called nuke ?
- 2. The end of the cold war created a problem : what to do with the ussr 's nuke stockpile .
- 3. But as far as russian and chinese radars are concerned , the htv-2 could very well be an icbm potentially armed with a nuke and headed for beijing or moscow .
- 4. The average length of sex is three to seven minutes , or roughly the amount of time it takes to nuke and eat a hot pocket .
- 5. And its conclusion is that by the end of next year , tehran will decide to make enough weapons-grade fuel to show the world that it knows how to build a nuke but it won 't go any further .