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nuke

  [nook, nyook] noun, adjective, verb, nuked, nuk⋅ing. Informal.
–noun
1. a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
2. a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.
3. nuclear energy: to convert from coal to nuke.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon or to a nuclear plant.
–verb (used with object)
5. to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
6. Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.
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Origin:
1945–50; by shortening and resp.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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nuke   (nōōk, nyōōk)   
n.  

  1. A nuclear device or weapon.

  2. A nuclear-powered electric generating plant.

tr.v.   nuked, nuk·ing, nukes

  1. To attack with nuclear weapons.

  2. To heat in a microwave oven: "I obtained this soup by nuking one cup of water and mixing that with . . . bouillon" (Judy Markey).


[Shortening and alteration of nuclear.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
nuke (oneself) [n(j)uk...]

  1. tv.
    to tan oneself at a tanning salon. : I nuke myself once a week in the spring so I will be ready for the summer bikini season.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

nuke 
short for nuclear weapon, 1959, U.S. military slang (see nuclear). The verb is attested from 1962; the sense of "to cook in a microwave oven" is from 1987.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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