Chook vs Choo - What's the difference?
chook | choo |
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A hen; a cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
* 2005 , , The Complete Burke?s Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets ,
* 2006', Judith Brett, ''The '''Chook in the Australian Unconscious'', in Peter Beilharz, Robert Manne, ''Reflected Light: La Trobe Essays ,
* 2011 , Helen Maczkowiackpeglerpegler, An Awkward Fit ,
(Australia, dated) A fool.
(onomatopoeia) The sound of a locomotive whistle
As nouns the difference between chook and choo
is that chook is (australia|new zealand|slang) a hen; a cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking while choo is (onomatopoeia) the sound of a locomotive whistle.chook
English
Noun
(en noun)page 683,
- Worm chickens once every three months and, if an occasional lice problem occurs, spray the inside of the chook shed with Coopex.
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- This little book, with its meticulous pencil drawings of chooks' in mechanical contraptions and photos to show the machine in operation with a white leghorn called Gregory Peck, is evidence of both the sadism inspired by the ' chook ?s comparatively flightless fate and the laughter we use to defend ourselves against the knowledge of that sadism.
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- She decided to dig her way under the fence into their chook house and had great fun running around and biting the necks of about eight chooks' and leaving them half-dead and bleeding. The neighbour was furious, and unfortunately it was Dad?s birthday, so when he arrived home from work, Mum said ‘Happy birthday and(sic) darling. Guess what? Your dog has half-killed most of the neighbour?s ' chooks .’
Derived terms
* chook chaser * chookhouse * chook poop * chook raffle * chook wheel * chookyardchoo
English
Noun
(choo-choos)- ''We could hear the choo choo choo
