duke
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
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dukes
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dukes
Britannica Dictionary definition of DUKE
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[count]
:
a man of very high rank in the British nobility
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dukes
[plural]
US slang, old-fashioned
:
fists or hands
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Put up your dukes and fight, you coward!
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duke
/ˈduːk/
Brit
/ˈdjuːk/
verb
dukes;
duked;
duking
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duke
/ˈduːk/
Brit
/ˈdjuːk/
verb
dukes;
duked;
duking
Britannica Dictionary definition of DUKE
duke it out
US, informal
:
to fight with your fists
— often used figuratively
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A couple of drunks were duking it out.
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Scientists duked it out [=argued] over the causes of global warming.
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Airlines are duking it out [=competing] for customers by lowering airfares.
