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Ook vs Mook - What's the difference?

ook | mook |

As an interjection ook

is the cry of a monkey.

As a verb mook is

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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

    mook

    English

    (wikipedia mook)

    Etymology 1

    Unknown. Probably a variation of ""moke" ("donkey", "fool"). Possible from Cantonese 'mook jung'' ("dead wood" or "wooden dummy").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disagreeable or incompetent person.

    • Etymology 2

    (usually used in plural)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, forensic accounting) A manipulated or rigged set of business accounting ledgers.
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