mook

See also: Mook

English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of "moke" (slang, British, "donkey"), first appearing in U.S. in the 1930s.

Noun

mook (plural mooks)

1. A disagreeable or incompetent person.
2. [Coll., e.g., in role-playing games] Anonymous foes in large numbers, readily dispatched by the hero.

Derived terms

• mookish

Translations

disagreeable person

• Finnish: mäntti (fi)

• Mandarin: 木 (zh)

Anagrams

• moko