uncle: Meaning and Definition of
un•cle
Pronunciation: (ung'kul), [key] — n.
- a brother of one's father or mother.
- an aunt's husband.
- a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man.
- a pawnbroker.
- (cap.)Uncle Sam.
- a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter U.
- to concede defeat: They ganged up on him in the schoolyard and made him say uncle.
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