jook

¹ American  

[jook, jook] / dʒuk, dʒʊk /

noun

Slang.

1. juke joint.

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jook ² American  

[jook] / dʒuk /

noun

Scot.

1. jouk.

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jook British  

/ dʒʊk /

verb

1. (tr) to poke or puncture (the skin)

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noun

1. a jab or the resulting wound

Etymology

Origin of jook

C20: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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

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

Though he serves far more elaborate plates at Mister Jiu’s, including a fermented jook with lobster that takes days to make, and seasonal, jewel-colored pot stickers, sizzling fish also is often on the menu.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021

"I try and do the ones I know, the staples of the jook world," he says, using the Cantonese word for the dish.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2016

The police chief in his speedy Ford was rushing from jook to jook and eating house trying to keep order, but making few arrests.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston