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
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.
jook (plural jooks)
A quick movement to evade something.
A bow or curtsey.
jook (uncountable)
Congee.
jook (plural jooks)
Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”)
jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)
Alternative form of juke (“to stab, to ching”)
Unknown. Possibly related to Etymology 1, above.
jook (plural jooks)
(informal, Scotland) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.
Source: Wiktionary
18 April 2024
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.