JOOK

juke, jook, juke joint, jook joint, juke house, jook house

(noun) a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox

congee, jook

(noun) a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)

(Scotland, northern England) To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

A quick movement to evade something.

A bow or curtsey.

Etymology 2

Noun

jook (uncountable)

Congee.

Etymology 3

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”)

Etymology 4

Verb

jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)

Alternative form of juke (“to stab, to ching”)

Etymology 5

Unknown. Possibly related to Etymology 1, above.

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

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

Source: Wiktionary

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