Definitions for UNCLEˈʌŋ kəl

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•cleˈʌŋ kəl(n.)

a brother of one's father or mother.
an aunt's husband.
a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man.
(cap.)
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
Ref: Uncle Sam.

Idioms for uncle:

say or cry uncle, to concede defeat.
Category: Idiom, Informal

Origin of uncle:

1250–1300; < OF < L avunculus mother's brother; akin to OE èam uncle, L avus grandfather

Princeton's WordNet

uncle(noun)
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
uncle(noun)
a source of help and advice and encouragement
"he played uncle to lonely students"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

uncle(noun)ˈʌŋ kəl
your mother's or father's brother, or the husband of your aunt
This is my uncle Charlie.

Wiktionary

uncle(Noun)
A brother or brother-in-law of someoneu2019s parent.
uncle(Noun)
A companion to your (usually unmarried) mother.
uncle(Noun)
A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
uncle(Noun)
A pawnbroker.
uncle(Noun)
A close male friend of the parents of a family.
uncle(Noun)
an older male African-American person
uncle(Interjection)
A cry used to indicate surrender.

Origin: uncle, from uncle, from oncle, from avunculus, diminutive of avus, from awo-. Displaced native Middle English eam (from Old English eam "maternal uncle", compare Old English fædera "paternal uncle") from the same root. More at eme.

Webster Dictionary

Uncle(noun)
the brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship
Uncle(noun)
a pawnbroker