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Ook vs Jook - What's the difference?

ook | jook |

As an interjection ook

is the cry of a monkey.

As a verb jook is

(scotland|northern england) to dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.

As a noun jook is

congee or jook can be .

ook

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • The cry of a monkey.
  • * 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.

    Synonyms

    * ooh-ah-ah

    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)
  • (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.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Congee.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 18, author=Mark Bittman, title=Your Morning Pizza, work=New York Times citation
    • , 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

    Quotations

    (English Citations of "jook")

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) juke, jook,

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • Derived terms
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