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uncle
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As a noun, uncle means the brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. As an interjection, it means a cry used to indicate surrender.
Meanings of uncle
13 meaningsnoun
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
The male cousin of one’s parent.
affectionateUsed as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
euphemisticUsed as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
figurativelyA source of advice, encouragement, or help.
parts of uksouth asiaAn affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
malaysiamyanmarSingaporeinformalAny middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.
The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your auntperson
Older and rare meanings (2)
UKinformaldatedA pawnbroker.
Southern USslangarchaicAn older African-American male.
interjection
A cry used to indicate surrender.
verb
colloquialTo address somebody by the term uncle.
colloquialTo act like, or as, an uncle.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).