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
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
