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  • a variation of jouk.

jook

1 American  
[jook, jook] / dʒuk, dʒʊk /

noun

Slang.
  1. juke joint.


jook 2 American  
[jook] / dʒuk /

noun

Scot.
  1. jouk.


jook British  
/ dʒʊk /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a jab or the resulting wound

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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

Inside, the family is eating jook for breakfast — a meal Callaham originally wrote into the script as “Gung Gung eggs,” a favorite dish of his grandfather’s.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2021

Better than the jook and the pool-room unless some special band was playing for a dance.

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

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