york
verbverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue
- //jɔː(ɹ)k//
to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
verb
- 1
to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
Etymology
Back-formation from yorker.
verb
- 1
slangTo vomit.
BADGER: They're eating blueberry pies... […] Okay, finally, Kirk, he can't take it anymore. He yorks! Now it's just down to Chekov and Spock.
Etymology
Perhaps imitative.
Forms
- past tense
- yorked
- past participle
- yorked
- present participle
- yorking
- third person singular
- yorks
york · to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
York · A placename: A town and local government area (the Shire of…yorker · A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's…Yorker · Someone from York, England.