Meaning of uncle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter U.
2. uncle (the brother, brother-in-law, or male cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent)
3. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
4. To indicate a willingness to give up a fight or surrender: tickled my brother until he cried uncle.
5. unknown or any male person, dude, guy
6. The male cousin of one’s parent.
7. say or cry uncle, to concede defeat.
8. friend, mate, pal, man, bro
9. Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
   endearing
10. the brother of a person's father or mother, or the husband of an aunt. He's my uncle; Hallo, Uncle Jim! oom عَم، خال чичи tio strýc der Onkel onkel θείοςtío onu عمو یا دایی؛ شوهر خاله یا شوهر عمه setä oncleדוד चाचा, मामा, फूफा, मौसा ujak nagybácsi paman föðurbróðir; móðurbróðir; frændi zio おじ 삼촌, 백부, 숙부 dėdė tēvocis pakcik oomonkel, far-/morbror wuj اكا، كاكا، تره، ماما، دترور مېړه tio unchi дядя strýko, ujo stric ujak ili stric farbror, morbror ลุง amca, dayı 伯父，叔父，舅父 дядько چچا، ماموں، خالو...
11. mister (title conferred on an adult male)
12. Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
    euphemistic
13. The brother of one's mother or father.
14. A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
    figuratively
15. Used as a form of address for an older man, especially by children.
16. A pawnbroker.
    British, dated, informal
17. A kindly counselor.
18. An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
    especially
19. Slang A pawnbroker.
    Slang
20. An older African-American male.
    Southern-US, archaic, slang
21. Uncle Uncle Sam.
22. Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.
    Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, informal
23. a brother of one's father or mother
24. the husband of one's aunt

Equivalents

Examples

“And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.”

“December 1843, William Makepeace Thackeray, "Grant in Paris" (review), in Fraser's Magazine A chain hangs out of the pocket of his velvet waistcoat , by which we may conclude that he has a watch , though we have known many gents whose watches were at their uncle's (as the fashionable term for the pawnbroker goes)”

“Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, — an immense talker.”

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