jook

See also: jouk and juke

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒuːk/

Verb

jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)

1. (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.

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. A quick movement to evade something.
   • 1882 April 20, “A Row in a Coalpit”, in Whitehaven News‎^[1]:

     Defendant then ran forward to kick him (witness) and he gave a "jook." Defendant was very unruly, and used bad language.

2. A bow or curtsey.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese 粥 (zuk1) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean 죽 (juk)

Noun

jook (uncountable)

1. Congee.
   • 2009 February 18, Mark Bittman, “Your Morning Pizza”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:jook.

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”)

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”)

Derived terms

• jook joint

Etymology 4

Unknown. Possibly related to Etymology 1, above.

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. (informal, Scotland) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or t-shirt (sometimes spelled juke).

References

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Eric Partridge (2005) “jook”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 448.

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Estonian

Etymology

From jooma +‎ -k.

Noun

jook (genitive joogi, partitive jooki)

1. drink

Derived terms

• joogivesi

Related terms

• jooma