chook

[ chook, chook ]

noun
  1. Australian. a hen.

  2. Slang. a woman.

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

Origin of chook

1
1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck3, chicken
  • Also chook·ie [chook-ee, choo-kee]. /ˈtʃʊk i, ˈtʃu ki/.

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How to use chook in a sentence

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

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

    The Truth about Opium | William H. Brereton

British Dictionary definitions for chook

chook

/ (tʃʊk) /


verb
  1. See jook

noun
  1. Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken

  2. Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one

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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