/noohk, nyoohk/ , n., adj., v., nuked, nuking . Informal.
n.
1. a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
2. a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.
3. nuclear energy: to convert from coal to nuke.
adj.
4. of or pertaining to a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon or to a nuclear plant.
v.t.
5. to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
6. Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.
[ 1945-50; by shortening and resp. ]