Duke Meaning Slang. A British nobleman holding the highest hereditary title outside the royal family ranking immediately below a prince and above a marquis. Rhyming slang on Duke of Argyles meaning piles.
Very unexciting exceedingly plain boring. At first sight this seems rather unlikely as the link between forks and fingers is hardly intuitive. Hands The most commonly repeated suggestion as to how dukes came to mean fists is that it derives from the Cockney rhyming slang - Duke of Yorks -.
The bully said he was going to duke out anyone who disagreed.
Aug 11 2010 duke. Aug 11 2010 duke. Mar 29 2021 duke in American English1. Dukes or dooks are fists especially when raised in a fighting position.
