jook
1 Americannoun
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of jook
C20: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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The exhibition is divided into 12 conceptual sections: ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, champion, respectability, jook, heritage, beauty, cool and cosmopolitanism.
From Salon • May 6, 2025
I don’t make jook because it’s easy; I make it because it tastes good, and it’s what I need.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2022
Expand even further to include dishes like congee or jook, which straddle the line between porridge and stew, and the options for breakfast are seemingly limitless.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2021
Inside, the family is eating jook for breakfast — a meal Callaham originally wrote into the script as “Gung Gung eggs,” a favorite dish of his grandfather’s.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2021
Better than the jook and the pool-room unless some special band was playing for a dance.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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