jook
English
Etymology 1
UnknownCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#JOOK. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.
Pronunciation
Verb
jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)Category:English lemmas#JOOKCategory:English verbs#JOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#JOOK, Northern EnglandCategory:Northern England English#JOOK) To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 53:
- So ye were on the ground and ye just ran round and jooked through the men going up the stairs, some walking, some running, and if ye got into there nobody could get ye.Category:English terms with quotations#JOOK
Noun
jook (plural jooks)Category:English lemmas#JOOKCategory:English nouns#JOOKCategory:English countable nouns#JOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- A quick movement to evade something.
- 1882 April 20, “A Row in a Coalpit”, in Whitehaven News:
- Defendant then ran forward to kick him (witness) and he gave a "jook." Defendant was very unruly, and used bad language.Category:English terms with quotations#JOOK
- A bow or curtsey.
Etymology 2
From CantoneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Cantonese#JOOKCategory:English terms derived from Cantonese#JOOK 粥 (zuk1) and KoreanCategory:English terms borrowed from Korean#JOOKCategory:English terms derived from Korean#JOOK 죽 (juk). Doublet of zhou and jukCategory:English doublets#JOOK.
Noun
jook (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#JOOKCategory:English nouns#JOOKCategory:English uncountable nouns#JOOKCategory:English uncountable nouns#JOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- (Korean or Cantonese contexts) Synonym of congee.
- 2009 February 18, Mark Bittman, “Your Morning Pizza”, in New York Times:
- Or it could be that I’ve traveled enough to learn the joys of jook, the Chinese rice porridge also known as congee, which is among my favorite ways to start the day even when seasoned with nothing more than scallions, soy and chopped peanuts […]Category:English terms with quotations#JOOK
Etymology 3
From GullahCategory:English terms derived from Gullah#JOOK juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”).
Noun
jook (plural jooks)Category:English lemmas#JOOKCategory:English nouns#JOOKCategory:English countable nouns#JOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”).
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 121:
- ‘Bet heʼs hanginʼ round some jook or ʼnother.’Category:English terms with quotations#JOOK
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Jamaican CreoleCategory:English terms borrowed from Jamaican Creole#JOOKCategory:English terms derived from Jamaican Creole#JOOK jook, from FulaCategory:English terms derived from Fula#JOOK jukka (“to poke”).
Pronunciation
Verb
jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)Category:English lemmas#JOOKCategory:English verbs#JOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- MLECategory:Multicultural London English#JOOK form of juke (“to stab, to ching”).
Noun
jook (plural jooks)Category:English lemmas#JOOKCategory:English nouns#JOOKCategory:English countable nouns#JOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- Category:en:Knives#JOOK(MLECategory:Multicultural London English#JOOK) Knife.
- 2021 April 21, MJ & Earna, “Baejing”, 1:14–1:18:
- Make man run when I back this jookCategory:English terms with quotations#JOOK
Chef man up but ain’t no cook
- Category:en:Sex#JOOK(MLECategory:Multicultural London English#JOOK) Sexual intercourse.
- 2006 July 1, “Grim” (track 8), in Jme featured by Wiley (lyrics), Eskiboy: Da 2nd Phaze:
- But, if she's already been sent around like a zoot, then I ain't feelin the roach but (Roach)Category:English terms with quotations#JOOK
Don't think I'll turn her down, all that means that she not wifeyable, I'll still get the one jook now
Derived terms
- jooker (“knife”)
Etymology 5
UnknownCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#JOOK. Possibly related to Etymology 1, above. Compare Scots jouk (“(hidden under one's) jumper”).
Noun
jook (plural jooks)Category:English lemmas#JOOKCategory:English nouns#JOOKCategory:English countable nouns#JOOKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#JOOK, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#JOOK) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.
Alternative forms
References
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See also
Estonian
Etymology
From jooma + -kCategory:Estonian terms suffixed with -k#JOOK.
Noun
jook (genitive joogi, partitive jooki)Category:Estonian lemmas#JOOKCategory:Estonian nouns#JOOKCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
Declension
| Declension of jook (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jook | joogid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | joogi | ||
| genitive | jookide | ||
| partitive | jooki | jooke jookisid | |
| illative | jooki joogisse |
jookidesse joogesse | |
| inessive | joogis | jookides jooges | |
| elative | joogist | jookidest joogest | |
| allative | joogile | jookidele joogele | |
| adessive | joogil | jookidel joogel | |
| ablative | joogilt | jookidelt joogelt | |
| translative | joogiks | jookideks joogeks | |
| terminative | joogini | jookideni | |
| essive | joogina | jookidena | |
| abessive | joogita | jookideta | |
| comitative | joogiga | jookidega | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Gullah
Alternative forms
Etymology
From WolofCategory:Gullah terms derived from Wolof#JOOK dzug ("to lead life disorderly or in misconduct").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɟuk/, /d͡ʒuk/, /d͡ʒuɡ/Category:Gullah terms with IPA pronunciation#JOOK
Adjective
jookCategory:Gullah lemmas#JOOKCategory:Gullah adjectives#JOOKCategory:Gullah entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- infamous
- disorderly
- also see: jookjine ("juke house")
- wicked
References
- Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From FulaCategory:Jamaican Creole terms derived from Fula#JOOK jukka. Compare Bahamian Creole jook, Nigerian Pidgin chook, Sranan Tongo dyuku, Grenadian Creole English djuck (“to stab”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒʊk/Category:Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation#JOOK
- Hyphenation: jook
Verb
jookCategory:Jamaican Creole lemmas#JOOKCategory:Jamaican Creole verbs#JOOKCategory:Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK
- pierce, prick, poke, prod, stick[1] (poke)
- 'Im jook mi inna mi yeye. ― He poked me in the eye.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#JOOK
- Ow! Macca jook mi (inna mi foot bottom). ― Ouch! I stepped on a thorn. (literally, “A thorn pierced the sole of my foot.”)Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#JOOK
- I jook him wit' de cutlass. ― I prodded him with the machete.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#JOOK
- stab[2]
- Shi jook im wid it. ― She stabbed him with it.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#JOOK
- (vulgarCategory:Jamaican Creole vulgarities#JOOK, slangCategory:Jamaican Creole slang#JOOK) thrust with the pelvis (thrust)
- Jook two time. ― Thrust twice.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#JOOK
- 2018, Mark Wignall, “A sick hospital, carnival wine and Bible thumpers”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):
- “He should have grabbed for the best mouldy carnival costume, selected his best wining partner and taken to the streets in an attempt to jook and jam his problems away. […] ”Category:Jamaican Creole terms with quotations#JOOK
- (vulgarCategory:Jamaican Creole vulgarities#JOOK, slangCategory:Jamaican Creole slang#JOOK) have sex, fuck (have sex)
- When mi jook har pum pum wid it, she bawl out fi Jeezas. ― When I fucked her with it, she cried out for Jesus.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#JOOK
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 316
- ↑ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 315