(especially in the Southern US, parts of Britain and Asia) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
(Southern US, slang, archaic) An older male African-American person.
Interjection
A cry used to indicate surrender.
Verb
(transitive, colloquial) To address somebody by the term uncle.
(intransitive, colloquial) To act like, or as, an uncle.