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Dook vs Kook - What's the difference?

dook | kook |

As nouns the difference between dook and kook

is that dook is a strong, untwilled linen or cotton while kook is an eccentric, strange or crazy person; a weirdo.

As a verb dook

is to make a certain clucking sound.

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) ----

    kook

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, chiefly, US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person; a weirdo.
  • A board sport participant who has poor style or skill.

    • Derived terms

    * kookology * kooky

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----