CHOOK

Etymology

Noun

chook (plural chooks)

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A chicken, especially a hen.

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.

(Australia, dated) A fool.

Interjection

chook

(Australia) A call made to chickens.

Anagrams

• choko

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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