SOOK

Etymology 1

Verb

sook (third-person singular simple present sooks, present participle sooking, simple past and past participle sooked)

Alternative spelling of suck

Etymology 2

Noun

sook (plural sooks)

(Scotland, rare) Familiar name for a calf.

(US dialectal) Familiar name for a cow.

(Newfoundland) A cow or sheep.

(Australia, New Zealand) A poddy calf.

Synonyms

• (poddy calf): sookie (diminutive)

Interjection

sook

(Scotland) A call for calves.

(US dialectal) A call for cattle.

(Newfoundland) A call for cattle or sheep.

Synonyms

• (call): sook cow,sookie, sookow, sukow, suck, sucky, suck cow, sukey

Etymology 3

Noun

sook (plural sooks)

(Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.

(Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang) A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking.

Synonyms

• (timid person): scaredy-cat, sissy

Etymology 4

Noun

sook (plural sooks)

Alternative spelling of souq.

Etymology 5

Noun

sook (plural sooks)

(US, eastern shore of Maryland) A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.

Anagrams

• soko

Source: Wiktionary



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