Jook vs Nook - What's the difference?
jook | nook |
(Scotland, northern England) To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
*2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 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.
Congee.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 18, author=Mark Bittman, title=Your Morning Pizza, work=New York Times
, passage=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
A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.
A hidden or secluded spot.
As nouns the difference between jook and nook
is that jook is congee while nook is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.As a verb jook
is to dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.jook
English
Etymology 1
Origin unknown. Compare duck "to lower the head or body" or jink "to make an evasive turn". Attested since the sixteenth century.Verb
(en verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(-)citation
Quotations
(English Citations of "jook")Etymology 3
From (etyl) juke, jook,Derived terms
* (l) ----nook
English
Noun
(en noun)- There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
- The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks ; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.