un·cle
Pronounced:
/ˈʌŋkəl/
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural un·clesMeaning:
1 [count] : the brother of your father or mother or the husband of your aunt ▪ I have three uncles and two aunts. ▪ My Uncle David is visiting next week.
2 US informal —used as a word that you say when you are being hurt in a fight to show that you admit being defeated and do not want to continue fighting ▪ He was forced to cry/say uncle. [=forced to surrender]
2 US informal —used as a word that you say when you are being hurt in a fight to show that you admit being defeated and do not want to continue fighting ▪ He was forced to cry/say uncle. [=forced to surrender]
and Bob's your uncle —see bob