joekel

Meaning

1. (archaic, masculine, slang) dog, especially a large one
2. (masculine) whopper (anything remarkably large)

Concepts

hulk

pooch

whopper

Synonyms

bakbeest

kanjer

knoert

Translations

Mordsding

Hulk

Holk

clébard

🐕

cane

🐕

colosso

totó

🐕

grandalhão

chorro

montón

pichicho

chingo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈju.kəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Romany: ʒukel

In summary

Borrowed from Romani ʒukel (“dog”), from Sanskrit जकुट (jakuṭa, “dog”). Attested in the sense “(large) dog” since 1873, in the broader contemporary sense since 1965.