NUKE

microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke

(verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven; “You can microwave the leftovers”

nuke, atom-bomb

(verb) bomb with atomic weapons

nuke, atomize, atomise, zap

(verb) strike at with firepower or bombs; “zap the enemy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

nuke (plural nukes) (chiefly, US, colloquial)

A nuclear weapon.

(by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.

A nuclear power station.

(nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.

A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.

(rare) A microwave oven.

Verb

nuke (third-person singular simple present nukes, present participle nuking, simple past and past participle nuked)

(transitive, chiefly, US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target.

(transitive, chiefly, US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate, Thesaurus:destroy

(transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).

(transitive, chiefly, US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.

(transitive, chiefly, US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.

Etymology 2

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

Alternative spelling of nuc

Etymology 3

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

(anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”)

Etymology 4

Noun

nuke (plural nukes)

(chiefly, Northern England, archaic) Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”)

Anagrams

• neuk, unke

Source: Wiktionary

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