[dook, dyook] 
noun, verb, duked, duk⋅ing.| 1. | (in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state. |
| 2. | a British nobleman holding the highest hereditary title outside the royal family, ranking immediately below a prince and above a marquis; a member of the highest rank of the British peerage. Compare royal duke. |
| 3. | a nobleman of corresponding rank in certain other countries. |
| 4. | a cultivated hybrid of the sweet and sour cherry. |
| 5. | dukes, Slang. fists; hands: Put up your dukes. |
| 6. | Slang. to hit or thrash with the fists (sometimes fol. by out): He duked me because he said I had insulted him. The bully said he was going to duke out anyone who disagreed. |
| 7. | duke it out, to fight, esp. with the fists; do battle: The adversaries were prepared to duke it out in the alley. |
[dook, dyook] | 1. | Benjamin Newton, 1855–1929, and his brother, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, U.S. industrialists. |
| 2. | a male given name. |
[el-ing-tuhn] | Edward Kennedy (“Duke”), 1899–1974, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. |
[weyn] | 1. | Anthony (“Mad Anthony”), 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general. |
| 2. | John (Marion Michael Morrison; “Duke”), 1907–79, U.S. film actor. |
| 3. | a township in N New Jersey. 46,474. |
| 4. | a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit. 21,159. |
| 5. | a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “wagonmaker.” |
| duke (dōōk, dyōōk) n.
To fight, especially with fists: duking it out. [Middle English, from Old French duc, from Latin dux, duc-, leader, from dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 4, short for Duke of Yorks, rhyming slang for forks, fingers.] |
Duke
derived from the Latin dux, meaning "a leader;" Arabic, "a sheik." This word is used to denote the phylarch or chief of a tribe (Gen. 36:15-43; Ex. 15:15; 1 Chr. 1:51-54).