gook

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡuk/; IPA: /ɡʊk/ (less common)

Noun

gook (plural gooks)

1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent, especially a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese or Korean person.
   1. (US, derogatory) A Vietnamese insurgent in the Vietnam War, particularly a member of the Viet Cong.
2. (dated) A foreigner, especially an enemy soldier in wartime.
   1. (Rhodesia, derogatory) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
      • 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, p. 55:

        "But shit, man, don't we do a fucking good job of it. Jesus, we slew long gooks this last trip," quipped Mark.

Translations

• German: Schlitzauge
• Russian: узкогла́зый

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡʊk/, /ɡuk/

Noun

gook (plural gooks)

1. (informal) Grime or mud.

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