jouk

American  

[jook] / dʒuk /

Or jook

noun

1. a sudden, elusive movement.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to dodge or duck.

jouk British  

/ dʒʊk /

verb

1. to duck or dodge

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noun

1. a sudden evasive movement

Etymology

Origin of jouk

First recorded in 1510–20; apparently variant of duck ²

Example Sentences

Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, A chiel sae clever; The teeth o' time may gnaw Tantallan, But thou's for ever.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

O mickle yeuks the keckle doup,  An' a' unsicker girns the graith, For wae and wae the crowdies loup  O'er jouk an' hallan, braw an' baith.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, A chiel sae clever; The teeth o’ time may gnaw Tantallan, But thou’s for ever!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

But why should we to Nobles jouk, And is't against the law, that?

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

An anxious e’e I never throws Behint my lug, or by my nose; I jouk beneath misfortune’s blows As weel’s I may; Sworn foe to sorrow, care, and prose, I rhyme away.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert