ook

See also: òòk

English

Etymology

Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /uːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /uk/
• Rhymes: -uːk

Interjection

ook

1. (onomatopoeia) Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.

   Synonyms: ooh-ah-ah, ooh ah ah, ooh ooh aah aah, oo oo aa aa

   • 1995, Terry Pratchett, Soul Music:

     He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me —" "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod.

   • 2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata:

     The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door.

   • 2014, Victoria Wessex, Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star:

     Fingers pinched my eyelashes and lifted one eyelid. I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur. “Ook?” asked the monkey.

Translations

used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey — see also oo oo aa aa

Japanese: ウキー (ukī), キーキー (kīkī) Korean: 우끼 (ukki), 끼끼 (kkikki)

See also

• eek

Verb

ook (third-person singular simple present ooks, present participle ooking, simple past and past participle ooked) (intransitive)

1. (onomatopoeia) To make the cry of an ape or monkey.
2. (slang, ethnic slur, offensive) Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense.
   • 2012 August 19, Trending Now, “Huge Feral Nigger Sheboon Chimps Out at Gas Station”, in aus.politics‎ (Usenet):

     Starts ooking and eeking About Slavery, Racism, Hair Salons, etc!

   • 2013 April 27, [e-mail], “Im the only normal person on here”, in alt.music.michael-jackson‎ (Usenet):

     On Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:40:40 PM UTC+10, nigger brndy ooked:
     > You all have AIDS, cock suckers.

   • 2014 November 26, Jesse, “'Burn this b---- down!'”, in alt.france‎ (Usenet):

     Weird spectacle, to be expected of simians.
     The grieving mudda is wearing dark sunglasses even though it is night
     and appears highly medicated, she ooks and eeks and you can tell she is
     in her glory in front of the cameras.

   • 2015 May 4, Debby teh Dikeman, “Re: NIGGER LOGIC REVISITED”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk‎ (Usenet):

     Meanwhile, the first nigger interviewed on the scene said she saw
     the whole thing. She ooked that the "boy" dint do nuffins" .

   • 2017 January 16, Rick Mathers, “Sow in Coongress will be preparing for chimpout instead of attending inaguration”, in soc.culture.african.american‎ (Usenet):

     WASHINGTON -- A California coongressboon ooked today that it would be
     "preparing the nigger resistance" instead of apetending human
     President-elect Trump's inauguration.
     Rep. Barbara Lee (D/Nigger-Calif.) ooked its chimpout in a statement:
     "I will not be celebrating or honoring an incoming president who rode
     racism, sexism, xenophobia and bigotry to the White House."

   • 2018 April 11, Dindu Nuffin, “Morbidly obese sheboon felt like it was "drowning in her own fat"”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk‎ (Usenet):

     Schenee started getting into chimpouts with its husboon Freddie, and at
     one point ooked to it: 'The only thing you do is wipe my ass and wash
     me up'.

   • 2018 June 3, [e-mail], “Re: 10 Reasons Why I Hate NIGGERS”, in alt.politics‎ (Usenet):

     Ugly disgusting jungle chimp go back to the mudaland Ápefrica u came from u ooking eeking nigger ape piece of shit

   • 2019 March 30, Robert Wolfe, “Catch and release (80 times) nigger assaults an 83 year old woman”, in alt.checkmate‎ (Usenet):

     Castle Hill, Bronx … 51-year-old C&R nigger Gary Mallette is wanted for
     attempted muhdik on an 83-year-old female in her apartment. The nigger
     posed as a repair-nig and ooked it was going to fix a leak.

Anagrams

• Koo, Oko

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• oek (Western Cape)
• ok (dialectal)

Etymology

From Dutch ook, from Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊə̯k/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

ook

1. also, too, as well
2. moreover

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Compare German auch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ook
• Rhymes: -oːk

Adverb

ook

1. also, too, moreover

   Dat kan ik ook. ― I can do that too.

   Mentale gezondheid is ook gezondheid. ― Mental health is also health.

2. (in negative sentences) either

   Ik kan dat ook niet. ― I can't do that either.

3. -ever

   wie dan ook ― whoever

   waar ook ― wherever

4. particle for emphasis

   Het heeft ook heel lang geduurd. ― It did take very long.

Derived terms

• als ook, alsook

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ook
• Berbice Creole Dutch: oko
• Jersey Dutch: ôk
• Negerhollands: ook
• Petjo: ook
• Skepi Creole Dutch: oak

German Low German

Adverb

ook

1. alternative form of ok

Middle English

Noun

ook

1. (especially Late Middle English) alternative form of ok (“oak”)