chook

[ chook, chook ]

noun

1. Australian. a hen.
2. Slang. a woman.

interjection

1. (used as a call for poultry or pigs.)

chook

/ tʃʊk /

verb

1. See jook

noun

1. informal.
   Also calledchookie a hen or chicken
2. informal.
   a woman, esp a more mature one

interjection

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of chook¹

1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck ³, chicken

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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