Word of the Day: Uncle
If your mother or father has a brother, you call that person “uncle.”
- My uncle and his family are coming for a visit.
- When Dan was a boy, he used to go fishing with his uncles.
- His Uncle Bob owns a car dealership.
- Maria says she has ten uncles altogether.
- How many uncles do you have?
- John F. Kennedy was the maternal uncle to Maria Shriver. (She’s a television personality who married and divorced Arnold Schwarzenegger.)
There are a few other ways in which you’ll hear the word “uncle” in American English:
- Every year in April, American taxpayers have to figure out how much they owe to Uncle Sam. (Uncle Sam = the U.S. government)
- A large boy on the playground was hitting the other children until they cried “uncle.” (To “cry uncle” or “say uncle” is to admit defeat.)
- The bully made the boy say “uncle.”
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with U page to see the list of all words starting with letter U. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
