Meaning of うく in Japanese

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Definition of うく

  1. (v5k, vi) to float

    それから彼女はあおむけに浮いていた。
    Then she was floating on her back.

  2. to become merry; to be cheerful →Related words: 浮かぬ顔
  3. to become loose; to become unsteady
  4. to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place

    若者ばかりのそのコンサート会場でおじさんのわたしはすっかりまわりから浮いていた。
    Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.

  5. to be frivolous; to be uncertain
  6. to have no basis; to be unreliable

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