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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
