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1.nounA small corner formed by two walls; an alcove."There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall."
2.nounA hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat."The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy."
3.nounA recess, cove or hollow.
4.nounAn English unit of land area, originally 1/4 of a yardland but later 12 1/2 or 20 acres.
5.nounA corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
6.nounA nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
7.nounThe spinal cord.
8.nounThe back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.
9.nounA nuclear weapon.
10.noun(by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
11.nounA nuclear power station.
12.nounA vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
13.nounA person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
14.nounA microwave oven."Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat."
15.verbTo use a nuclear weapon on a target."If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first."
16.verbTo destroy or erase completely."To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives."
17.verb(by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
18.verbTo expose to some form of radiation.
19.verbTo cook in a microwave oven."I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner."
20.verbTo over-analyze or overly despair over something.