jook

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dʒuːk/

Verb

jook (jooks, present participle jooking; 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.
2. A bow or curtsey.

Noun

jook (uncountable)

1. Congee.

Pronunciation

• (MLE) IPA: /dʒʊk/

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. Alternative form of juke

Verb

jook (jooks, present participle jooking; past and past participle jooked)

1. MLE form of juke#English|juke (“to stab, to ching”)

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. (informal, Scotland) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.

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