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

/ suːk /

verb

1. to suck

noun

1. the act or an instance of sucking
2. a sycophant; toady

sook

²

/ sʊk /

noun

1. dialect.
   a baby
2. derogatory.
   a coward
3. informal.
   a calf

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

Old English sūcan

Origin of sook²

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

Example Sentences

Control Room Sook Shoot Out -- some editorial changes and some VFX muzzle flashes.

From The Daily Beast

Kyung-sook Shin would like everybody to know that she knows exactly where her mother is.

From The Daily Beast

The photographic fantasies of In Sook Kim peek inside the private worlds of people who live in glass houses.

From The Daily Beast

Here on one side lay the sook of the jewellers, and on the opposite were arrayed the tiny stalls of the dealers in copper wares.

From Project Gutenberg

The ride from Beirut to Sook-el-Gharb is a very interesting one.

From Project Gutenberg

The district was called Hidoodim, and the high mountain Sook.

From Project Gutenberg

These are sold in the sook at about six-pence a dozen, cotton included.

From Project Gutenberg

What pleasure should she be able to sook out o' his keeping ding-ding-danging on about that woman?

From Project Gutenberg