luke

n. a common first name for a man.

n. a common masculine given name of Greek origin, meaning 'from Lucania'.

“My friend Luke is coming over to help me fix my computer.”

“Luke was recently promoted to senior manager due to his exceptional performance during the merger.”

n. a person in the Bible who wrote one of the four Gospels, or the book itself.

n. refers to Luke the Evangelist or the third Gospel of the New Testament.

“The priest read a passage from the book of Luke during the service.”

“Scholars often debate the specific historical context in which the Gospel of Luke was composed.”

adj. a short way of saying 'lukewarm' — not hot and not cold.

adj. a clipped form of 'lukewarm', describing a liquid at a tepid temperature.

“The tea had gone luke by the time he remembered to drink it.”

“He complained that the soup was served luke, rather than at the steaming temperature he had requested.”

Informal · Dialect