yeuk

From (northern) Middle English *ȝuken, *ȝokken (suggested by Middle English ȝukynge, ȝokkyn (“itching”) and yuke (“an itching disease”)), from Middle Dutch jucken, jocken (“to itch”), from Old Dutch *jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”). Doublet of itch.

yeuk (plural yeuks)

1. (Scotland) itch, a prickly feeling

yeuk (third-person singular simple present yeuks, present participle yeuking, simple past and past participle yeuked)

1. (Scotland) to itch, irritate the skin

• yeuky

• yook, youk

From Cantonese 約／约 (joek3).

yeuk (plural yeuks)

1. (Hong Kong, dated) An administrative division.

• heung

• yuke