jook

[ jook, jook ]

/ dʒuk, dʒʊk /

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noun Slang.

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Also called jook joint .

Words nearby jook

Jönköping, jonnock, Jonquière, jonquil, Jonson, jook, Jooss, Joplin, Joplin, Scott, Joppa, Jordaens

Other definitions for jook (2 of 2)

jook²

[ jook ]

/ dʒuk /

noun, verb (used with or without object) Scot.

jouk.

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How to use jook in a sentence

In a mirror of last week, we split up the last of the jook and hotdish for lunch.
20 Days of Turkey|Meghan McCarron|December 23, 2020|Eater
Hinnissy, if he had his rights, is Jook iv Munster; an' ye know what he's got.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War|Finley Peter Dunne
Besides which, the Jook was a man of the most morbid and ultra refinement.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118|Various
The Jook looked at me with his most placid smile, and replied blandly, "Thank you very much, but I'd rather not."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118|Various

It was really very embarrassing to me, for of course I could not tell her that the Jook had declined the honor of an introduction.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118|Various
Of course I washed my hands of the Jook, for I was too much exasperated to be even civil to him.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118|Various

British Dictionary definitions for jook

jook

Caribbean informal chook

/ (dʒʊk) /

verb

(tr) to poke or puncture (the skin)

noun

a jab or the resulting wound

Word Origin for jook

C20: of uncertain origin

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