Meaning
To work — 'gone a wuk' means gone to work. With 'up', 'wuk up' means to dance by grinding and rolling the hips, a lively wine done especially to soca and dancehall.
Senses
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verb To work; labour or a job.
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Him gone a wuk early.
He's gone to work early.
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Mi nuh have no wuk right now.
I don't have any work right now.
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verb 'Wuk up' — to grind and roll the hips in dance; a lively wine.
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Di gyal dem a wuk up to di soca.
The girls are winding to the soca.
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Wuk up yuh body, nuh.
Roll your hips, then.
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Origin
The Jamaican pronunciation of English 'work'; the 'wuk up' dance sense is shared with the wider Caribbean, especially soca culture.
How it’s used
Plain 'wuk' is work; 'wuk up' is the hip-rolling dance. Context — and the little word 'up' — tells them apart.