Citations:yawk

English citations of yawk

Interjection

• 2012 November 12, “M.A.A.D City”, in Good Kid, M.A.A.D City‎^[1], performed by Kendrick Lamar assisted by Schoolboy Q:

  Seem like the whole city go against me
  Every time I'm in the street, I hear—
  Yawk! Yawk! Yawk! Yawk!
  Man down, where you from, nigga?

  • See also the transcription of this song
    2014 June 19, “Miguel Enjoys A Bit Of Storytelling In His Favorite Songs”, in Npr‎^[2]:

    Every time I'm in the street, I hear, yock, yock, yock, yock. Man down.

  • So also many on Twitter, "yock man down".
• 2024 May 14, “Risk” (0:58–1:02 from the start), #STK TapeDat (lyrics):

  I love the thrill of wetting man down, chest shots, yuck, yucky
  Booming out of his clothes,
  No blood on my blade, that’s fuckry

Verb “to shoot” as in “to make impact by gunfire”

• 2018 May 16, OD THA OG @oddikinz, tweets‎^[3], on Twitter:

  some guy got yawked right in front of me smh I just wanted an Arizona

• 2020 March 22, Cesar Avila @QuavoSpeaks, tweets‎^[4], on Twitter:

  4 kill thermite play to win the round and secure a 2-0 lead.
  
  Accidentally got @spencethesavage yawked in the process but his sacrifice was necesssary. 🥴😂

• 2021 June 9, #T23 Rj x Marz x Ehm x Sheen (Cork) (lyrics and music), “Bars At The Sesh”‎^[5]number S3.E3, Dearfxch TV, 1:44–1:50:

  Been on the field, I love scoring goals,
  when I wave my arm my poke’s involves,
  it feels not enough so I yock man down and I yock some more till I take his soul

  He makes a “chinging” gesture for both instances of the word but this is probably to follow the music and from the gradation it is clear that booting is meant. It can be heard /jɔk/ here.

• 2021 July 24, 🇮🇪 YB2 (lyrics and music), “Riding”‎^[6], 0:58–1:01, 1:05–1:08:

  I don’t know what happened, yock man down, tell “it a mad ting”

• 2021 September 11, #StainBoyz T.Y (Birmingham) (lyrics and music), “Black Bandana”‎^[7], 1:05–1:06:

  Now I yak man down cuz he fucks with m[rest was cut]

• 2021 November 17, #OTP LKIZZ (lyrics and music), “Jason Bourne”‎^[8], 1:08–1:12:

  [Some bloke] was yawked in his leg
  I bet that has driven his day like grinch

• 2023 March 9, “No Face”, KSav (lyrics), 1:01–1:05:

  I want money and he wants same
  Verbal abuse can get him yucked ([jʌkt])
  Slam my RIP on face

• 2024 May 27, “24 Servin” (0:49–0:55 from the start), 🇮🇪#CG Deeskrilla (lyrics):

  Imagine getting yaked out of your gaff, that’s mad
  If I talkin the things I’ve seen, the feds might grab man and I could end up locked in the can

Verb “to shoot” in a ball game

• 2020 February 26, Little Laker Boy @Aswaggmckinley, tweets‎^[9], on Twitter:

  Baseball would be cool if everyone did steroids and just yawked that fuckin ball every at bat

Noun “gun”

• 2016 June 4, Antorian Covington @TeamAsshxle, tweets‎^[10], on Twitter:

  This old head said he ain't never went to school with the yawk , I went to school with my tool cuz I ain't wanna get yawked ..

Verb “to stab” as in “to hit by knife”

• 2024 January 7, “Woyoi Szn”, #LTH G41 (lyrics)‎^[11], 0:32:

  LB done ate 2 blades
  He got yucked with this one for adding a K

  The gestures and context leave no ambiguity

Unrelated verbs or obscure transferred senses

• For query "yawked" we see at least one other sense on Twitter; meseems jock, jack off, considering that Twitterers do not shy away to inform the public about their self-abuse. Fay Freak (talk) 05:50, 8 July 2021 (UTC)