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Took vs Ook - What's the difference?

took | ook |

As a verb took

is (take).

As an interjection ook is

the cry of a monkey.

took

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Verb

(head)
  • (take)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

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    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