Unclenoun

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  radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter U.

unclenoun/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/

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  The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

  • 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.
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  The male cousin of one’s parent.

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  Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.

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  Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.

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  A source of advice, encouragement, or help.

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  datedinformalA pawnbroker.

  • 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)
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  An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

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  archaicslangAn older African-American male.

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

uncleintj/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/

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  A cry used to indicate surrender.

uncleverb/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/

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  To address somebody by the term uncle.

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  To act like, or as, an uncle.

  • Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford