Tuk is an English word of 3 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tuk in a sentence
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Tuk meaning
A Barbadian musical style, based on British regimental music of the colonial era, but accompanied by costumed performances based on African characters.
Using Tuk
- The main meaning on this page is: A Barbadian musical style, based on British regimental music of the colonial era, but accompanied by costumed performances based on African characters.
- In the example corpus, tuk often appears in combinations such as: tuk tuk, tuk tuks.
Context around Tuk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tuk
- In this selection, "tuk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unlike, friend, classic, tuks, driver and features stand out and add context to how "tuk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 32 a tuk tuk driver and a new tuk tuk land. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tuk" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tuk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An app-to-door classic, Tuk Tuk Thai is fast and fantastic. (12 words)
But that doesn’t mean the tuk-tuk will have an easy ride. (13 words)
Kong Samol, 32, a tuk-tuk driver, is one of those losing out. (13 words)
To prevent such an outcome, the women at Gauravi decided to find vulnerable people, list their needs, pack kits of food and vital aid and use their tuk-tuks to deliver nearly 10,000 of them over the three months. (40 words)
Technically speaking, the tuk-tuk chase is fine, but somehow, it simply isn’t as exciting mostly because it feels like it’s going through the motions and because there’s no real sense of urgency. (36 words)
The British police had been frustrated by a lack of information coming out of Sri Lanka and had received what appears to be a false account from two Tuk-Tuk drivers involved in supplying the heroin. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Unlike tuk tuks seen in countries such as India, Cambodia and Thailand, Robert’s tuk tuk features seatbelts, windscreen wipers and indicators.
Technically speaking, the tuk-tuk chase is fine, but somehow, it simply isn’t as exciting mostly because it feels like it’s going through the motions and because there’s no real sense of urgency.
Meanwhile, a tuk-tuk driver, who works all over central London, said that the issue is at its worst in Covent Garden.
As seen in the trailer above, we meet Raya and her little friend Tuk-Tuk moving through some sort of temple, avoiding traps, and working her way to a Dragon Gem.
An app-to-door classic, Tuk Tuk Thai is fast and fantastic.
As yet it is unclear how the driver-less Tuk Tuk will be able to rob, beat up and rip off tourists in the city.
But that doesn’t mean the tuk-tuk will have an easy ride.
Even when you batted, there was a notion that you do more of tuk tuk and less hard hitting.
He said he asked a contact, another Tuk-Tuk driver, Agampodige Sannath Prenathilaka De Silva, to set up the deal and sold them the drug, which they called Brown Sugar for 15,000 rupees.
In May this year, a freight firm boss from Essex set a new tuk tuk land speed record, having purchased the three-wheeled vehicle during a 'boozy night on eBay'.
The British police had been frustrated by a lack of information coming out of Sri Lanka and had received what appears to be a false account from two Tuk-Tuk drivers involved in supplying the heroin.
Kong Samol, 32, a tuk-tuk driver, is one of those losing out.
Tuktirey, or Tuk for short, is much harder to guess as there are really no clues given.
The mother, identified only as “Tuk”, is a well-known drug dealer in the area.
To prevent such an outcome, the women at Gauravi decided to find vulnerable people, list their needs, pack kits of food and vital aid and use their tuk-tuks to deliver nearly 10,000 of them over the three months.
Antoine “Tuk” Green, a father of two young daughters, was among the victims who were fatally shot.
Thai specialist chef Nipaporn Doungiaisantisuk, better known as Chef Tuk, has found ways to recreate Thai flavours while working with halal-certified ingredients.
There’s plenty of local transportation, not necessarily cheap anymore, with options in the cities from tuk tuks, taxis and motorcycles.
Young men formed human chains to keep roads clear for a flurry of tuk-tuks, which have been used to ferry the wounded through crowds from the battle lines of clashes with police.
Our guide was a pro – fending off unwanted hawkers, guiding 24 naive and oblivious Britons around the hazards of cows, tuk-tuks and bazaar vendors, watchfully keeping his assets (us) safe.
Common combinations with tuk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: