jook

See also: jouk and juke

English

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒuːk/

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• Rhymes: -uːk

Verb

jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) 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.

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

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.

2. A bow or curtsey.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 粥 (zuk1) and Korean 죽 (juk). Doublet of zhou and juk.

Noun

jook (uncountable)

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 […]

Etymology 3

From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”).

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. 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.’

Derived terms

• jook house
• jook joint
• jook organ

Etymology 4

From Jamaican Creole jook, from Fula jukka (“to poke”).

Pronunciation

• (MLE) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊk/
• Rhymes: -ʊk

Verb

jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)

1. MLE form of juke (“to stab, to ching”).

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. (MLE) Knife.

   Synonyms: ching, ying, bassy, rambo, pokey, chete, shank, nank, splash, splasher

   • 2021 April 21, MJ & Earna, “Baejing”, 1:14–1:18:

     Make man run when I back this jook
     Chef man up but ain’t no cook

2. (MLE) 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

Derived terms

• jooker (“knife”)

Etymology 5

Unknown. Possibly related to Etymology 1, above. Compare Scots jouk (“(hidden under one's) jumper”).

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. (informal, Scotland) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.

Alternative forms

• juke

References

• The template Template:R:Partridge New/2/concise does not use the parameter(s):

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• “jouk, n.²”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. 2005 supplement.

See also

• jook-sing

Estonian

Etymology

From jooma +‎ -k.

Noun

jook (genitive joogi, partitive jooki)

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

Derived terms

• joogivesi

Related terms

• jooma

Gullah

Alternative forms

• juk, juke, jug

Etymology

From Wolof dzug ("to lead life disorderly or in misconduct").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟuk/, /d͡ʒuk/, /d͡ʒuɡ/

Adjective

jook

1. infamous
2. disorderly

   also see: jookjine ("juke house")

3. wicked

References

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)