mook
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps a variant of moke (“donkey” in British slang), in the US also attested with the sense “black man”. Alternatively from Irish muc (“pig”) or perhaps Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”), themselves likely from the Celtic. Finally, it could be a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).
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Noun[edit]
mook (plural mooks)
- (slang, US, chiefly Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England) A disagreeable or incompetent person.
- (colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mook (plural mooks)
- A book published in the form factor of a magazine.
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Translations[edit]
type of book
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Noun[edit]
mook
- cob, corn.
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