jook

See also: jouk and juke

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

  1. (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#JOOK, Northern EnglandCategory:Northern England English#JOOK) To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.

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

  1. 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
  2. A bow or curtsey.

Etymology 2

From CantoneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Cantonese#JOOKCategory:English terms derived from Cantonese#JOOK (zuk1) and KoreanCategory:English terms borrowed from Korean#JOOKCategory:English terms derived from Korean#JOOK (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

  1. (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

  1. Alternative form of juke (roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing).
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

  1. 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

  1. Category:en:Knives#JOOK(MLECategory:Multicultural London English#JOOK) Knife.
    Synonyms: ching, ying, bassy, rambo, pokey, chete, shank, nank, splash, splasher
  2. 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)
      Don't think I'll turn her down, all that means that she not wifeyable, I'll still get the one jook now
      Category:English terms with quotations#JOOK

Derived terms

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

  1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#JOOK, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#JOOK) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.
Alternative forms

References

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

  1. drink

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
Category:Estonian riik-type nominals#JOOK

Derived terms

Gullah

Alternative forms

Etymology

From WolofCategory:Gullah terms derived from Wolof#JOOK dzug ("to lead life disorderly or in misconduct").

Pronunciation

Adjective

jookCategory:Gullah lemmas#JOOKCategory:Gullah adjectives#JOOKCategory:Gullah entries with incorrect language header#JOOKCategory:Pages with entries#JOOKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#JOOK

  1. infamous
  2. disorderly
    also see: jookjine ("juke house")
  3. 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

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

  1. 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
  2. stab[2]
    Shi jook im wid it.She stabbed him with it.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#JOOK
  3. (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
  4. (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

  1. Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 316
  2. Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 315

Further reading

  • jook – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
  • 2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language (in English), →ISBN:
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