sook

American  

[sook] / sʊk /

noun

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

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interjection

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

sook ¹ British  

/ sʊk /

noun

1. dialect a baby

2. derogatory a coward

3. informal a calf

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sook ² British  

/ suːk /

verb

1. to suck

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noun

1. the act or an instance of sucking

2. a sycophant; toady

Etymology

Origin of sook

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

Example Sentences

On Wednesday, he took several deep breaths before he began making his tribute at the funeral, saying Hughes would “definitely call me a sook right now.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2014

McDavid has traced sook, sook across Pennsylvania to the Alleghenies, then down the Shenandoah Valley as far as Lexington, Va. Many more farmers, especially in New England, prefer co-boss, co-boss.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead, two years later Casey for sook his Glendale, Calif., mansion for New expansion York City team to he direct called a the "amazin'" subbasement Mets.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Scotch Irish, for example, brought along their favorite cow-call, sook, sook, when they came to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shedding its shell is a long and painful business for a big Jimmy, but for a she-crab, turning into a sook, it seemed somehow worse.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson