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Dook vs Doo - What's the difference?

dook | doo |

As nouns the difference between dook and doo

is that dook is a strong, untwilled linen or cotton while doo is feces.

As a verb dook

is to make a certain clucking sound.

As an interjection doo is

Used as a scat word in song lyrics.

dook

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

(en verb)
  • (of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound.

    • Etymology 2

    (duck)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialect) duck
  • * 1835 , James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2
    • But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head...

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . See also (l) (cloth).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a strong, untwilled linen or cotton.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) ----

    doo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (childish) Feces.

    • Synonyms

    * BM * doo-doo * poo * poop

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (music)
  • * 1995 , Phil Farrand, The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers: Volume 2
    • (Ever feel like you've just entered... The Twilight Zone? Doo , doo, doo, doo, doo, doo....)
  • * 2006 , Steve Taylor, A to X of Alternative Music (page 272)
    • the bloke who sang about coloured girls going 'doo de doo de doo doo d'de doo de doo de doo' had once had this thing with the guy who produced the debut albums by the Stooges and Patti Smith.

    Related terms

    * doo-wop ----