jook
Plural: jooks
Noun
- a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
- A quick movement to evade something.
- A bow or curtsey.
- Synonym of congee.
- Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”).
- Knife.
- Sexual intercourse.
- A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.
Verb
- To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
- MLE form of juke (“to stab, to ching”).
Origin / Etymology
Unknown. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.
Synonyms
congee, jook house, jook joint, juke, juke house, juke joint, bassy, chete, ching, nank, pokey, rambo, shank, splash, splasher, ying
Scrabble Score: 15
jook: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjook: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jook: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary