Duke | Mean of duke in English Dictionary
/ˈduːk/
- Noun
- a man of very high rank in the British nobility
- the ruler of an independent area of land especially in some parts of Europe in the past
- fists or hands
- Put up your dukes and fight, you coward!
- Verb
- to fight with your fists
- A couple of drunks were duking it out.
- Scientists duked it out [=argued] over the causes of global warming.
- Airlines are duking it out [=competing] for customers by lowering airfares.