(chiefly Northern England, archaic) Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”)

A nuclear weapon. / (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale. / A nuclear power station.

Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”)

(anatomy, obsolete) Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”)

(transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target. / (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

simple past tense and past participle of nuke

present participle of nuke

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nuke

plural of nuke

(computing, slang) To wipe a computer's hard disk and reinstall everything, as a drastic fix for problems.