jook

1
[ jook, jook ]

nounSlang.
  • Also called jook joint .

Other definitions for jook (2 of 2)

jook2
[ jook ]

noun, verb (used with or without object)Scot.

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How to use jook in a sentence

  • So those that were men-at-arms of my command pursued after and cracked muskets, as the Wanderers jooked and fled before us.

    The Men of the Moss-Hags | S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for jook

jook

Caribbean informal chook

/ (dʒʊk) /


verb
  1. (tr) to poke or puncture (the skin)

noun
  1. a jab or the resulting wound

Origin of jook

1
C20: of uncertain origin

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