sook

[sook]

noun

1. Australia and New Zealand.,  a timid, cowardly person, especially a young person; crybaby.

interjection

1. Midland U.S.,  (used to summon cows from the pasture.)

sook

¹

/ sʊk /

noun

1. dialect,  a baby

2. derogatory,  a coward

3. informal,  a calf

sook

²

/ suːk /

verb

1. to suck

noun

1. the act or an instance of sucking

2. a sycophant; toady

Word History and Origins

Origin of sook¹

First recorded in 1890–95; probably from earlier sense “calf reared by hand,” perhaps suck(-calf), with the spelling representing a Northern England or Scots pronunciation of suck

Word History and Origins

Origin of sook¹

perhaps from Old English sūcan to suck, influenced by Welsh swci swead tame

Origin of sook²

Old English sūcan

Example Sentences

Perry Sook says broadcasters need to grow to better compete with tech companies.

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Last week, Nexstar CEO Perry Sook formally asked the FCC for a waiver to certain rules that would impede its deal to acquire Tegna.

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Like that earlier work, “The Thanksgiving Visitor” is also drawn from Capote’s boyhood within a clan of eccentric relatives that included an older cousin and mother figure known as Sook.

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Sook, against Buddy’s wishes, has invited Odd to the festivities, hoping for a truce.

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Buddy, though anguished by Odd’s arrival, warms to the idea when he spies Odd stealing Sook’s cameo brooch.

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