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Definition of unco in English: uncoadjective ˈʌŋkəˈəNGkō Scottish Unusual or remarkable. Example sentencesExamples - While I may be friends with someone similar to me, I've never been attracted to someone who was noticeably unreliable; prone to depression or unco.
- So he mounted the blocks in his resplendent blue Speedos and did a massive unco belly flop on the starters gun.
- I mean for a professional cricketer to slide his foot way back in line with his stumps and then rake across them there's something either very unco or very illicit going on.
- I was so excited I tripped and twisted my ankle (although not, of course, in an unco way).
- A straight right, an upper cut, a right hook or some unco combination of all three?
Synonyms extraordinary, exceptional, amazing, astonishing, astounding, marvellous, wonderful, sensational, stunning, incredible, unbelievable, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious
adverb ˈʌŋkəˈəNGkō Scottish as submodifier Remarkably; very. it's got an unco fine taste Example sentencesExamples - Colours mingled unco fine.
Synonyms very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, vastly, hugely
nounPlural uncos ˈʌŋkəˈəNGkō Scottish 1A stranger. Example sentencesExamples - Best of all, even a total unco like me can complete the tasks with a bit of practice.
- 1.1uncos News.
Example sentencesExamples - Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears.
Phrases derogatory Strictly religious people. Example sentencesExamples - The unco guid, who held Scotland in thrall to the ducking-stool in times past, have reinvented themselves.
- We are not a humourless, unco guid congregation - far from it.
- Malawi has had a long record as fashion accessory to the unco guid in Edinburgh.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'unknown, strange'): alteration of uncouth. Definition of unco in US English: uncoadjectiveˈəNGkō Scottish Unusual or remarkable. Example sentencesExamples - While I may be friends with someone similar to me, I've never been attracted to someone who was noticeably unreliable; prone to depression or unco.
- A straight right, an upper cut, a right hook or some unco combination of all three?
- So he mounted the blocks in his resplendent blue Speedos and did a massive unco belly flop on the starters gun.
- I was so excited I tripped and twisted my ankle (although not, of course, in an unco way).
- I mean for a professional cricketer to slide his foot way back in line with his stumps and then rake across them there's something either very unco or very illicit going on.
Synonyms extraordinary, exceptional, amazing, astonishing, astounding, marvellous, wonderful, sensational, stunning, incredible, unbelievable, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious
adverbˈəNGkō Scottish as submodifier Remarkably; very. it's got an unco fine taste Example sentencesExamples - Colours mingled unco fine.
Synonyms very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, vastly, hugely
nounˈəNGkō Scottish 1A stranger. Example sentencesExamples - Best of all, even a total unco like me can complete the tasks with a bit of practice.
- 1.1uncos News.
Example sentencesExamples - Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘unknown, strange’): alteration of uncouth. |