chook
Americannoun
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Australian. a hen.
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Slang. a woman.
interjection
verb
noun
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Also called: chookie. informal a hen or chicken
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informal a woman, esp a more mature one
interjection
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a exclamation used to attract chickens
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he is incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks
Etymology
Origin of chook
1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck 3, chicken
Example Sentences
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While other backyard traditions such as home dairies and pig-keeping have diminished, the backyard chook has stood the test of time.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
He lacked "even the organisational skills to run a chook raffle, let alone a coup", commentator Paula Matthewson wrote.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2018
Walsh goes on to tell the Woody Allen joke from the end of Annie Hall about the guy whose brother thinks he’s a chook: “I would turn him in but I need the eggs.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2015
W'ile de banjos dey go plunka, plunka, plunk, We'll dance tel de ole flo' shake; W'ile de feet keep a-goin' chooka, chooka, chook, We'll dance tel de day done break.
From Fifty years & Other Poems by Matthews, Brander
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