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chook

[choo k, chook]
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noun
  1. Australian. a hen.
  2. Slang. a woman.
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interjection
  1. (used as a call for poultry or pigs.)
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Also chook·ie [choo k-ee, choo-kee] /ˈtʃʊk i, ˈtʃu ki/.

Origin of chook

1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck3, chicken
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Examples from the Web for chook

Historical Examples

  • Achun well knows all this, and he has determined to have Chook Aloong displaced.

    The Truth about Opium

    William H. Brereton

  • A softer, more musical rendition is given when the birds are well bunched and feeding, which came to my ear as "chook."

  • A great blackbird flew out with a loud “chook, chook,” and the red of the haw on his yellow bill.

    The Roadmender

    Michael Fairless

  • A great blackbird flew out with a loud "chook, chook," and the red of the haw on his yellow bill.

    The Roadmender

    Michael Fairless

British Dictionary definitions for chook

chook

verb
  1. See jook
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noun
  1. Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken
  2. Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one
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interjection
  1. Australian a exclamation used to attract chickens
  2. he couldn't raffle a chook in a pub he is incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks
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