- a variation of jouk.
jook
1 Americannoun
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of jook
C20: of uncertain origin
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The exhibition is divided into 12 conceptual sections: ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, champion, respectability, jook, heritage, beauty, cool and cosmopolitanism.
From Salon ● May 6, 2025
At a restaurant in New York City’s Chinatown, Ng felt the food to have “delivered me back home,” warm jook reminding her of her mother’s “homemade baby food.”
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
Known as juk or jook in Korea, bubur in Indonesia, lugaw in the Philippines and dozens of other names around the world, there are also an endless variety of ways to make it.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022
Expand even further to include dishes like congee or jook, which straddle the line between porridge and stew, and the options for breakfast are seemingly limitless.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2021
“Bet he’s hangin’ round some jook or ’nother.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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