ook
English
editEtymology
editImitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /uːk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /uk/
- Rhymes: -uːk
Interjection
editook
- (onomatopoeia) Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.
- Synonyms: ooh-ah-ah, ooh ah ah, ooh ooh aah aah, oo oo aa aa
- 1995, Terry Pratchett, Soul Music:
- He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me —" "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod.
- 2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata:
- The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door.
- 2014, Victoria Wessex, Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star:
- Fingers pinched my eyelashes and lifted one eyelid. I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur. “Ook?” asked the monkey.
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editSee also
editVerb
editook (third-person singular simple present ooks, present participle ooking, simple past and past participle ooked) (intransitive)
- (onomatopoeia) To make the cry of an ape or monkey.
- (slang, ethnic slur, offensive) Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense.
- 2017 January 16, Rick Mathers, “Sow in Coongress will be preparing for chimpout instead of attending inaguration”, in soc.culture.african.american[6] (Usenet):
- WASHINGTON -- A California coongressboon ooked today that it would be
"preparing the nigger resistance" instead of apetending human
President-elect Trump's inauguration.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D/Nigger-Calif.) ooked its chimpout in a statement:
"I will not be celebrating or honoring an incoming president who rode
racism, sexism, xenophobia and bigotry to the White House."
- 2019 March 30, Robert Wolfe, “Catch and release (80 times) nigger assaults an 83 year old woman”, in alt.checkmate[9] (Usenet):
- Castle Hill, Bronx … 51-year-old C&R nigger Gary Mallette is wanted for
attempted muhdik on an 83-year-old female in her apartment. The nigger
posed as a repair-nig and ooked it was going to fix a leak.
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch ook, from Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editook
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Compare German auch.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editook
- also, too, moreover
- Dat kan ik ook. ― I can do that too.
- Mentale gezondheid is ook gezondheid. ― Mental health is also health.
- (in negative sentences) either
- Ik kan dat ook niet. ― I can't do that either.
- -ever
- wie dan ook ― whoever
- waar ook ― wherever
- particle for emphasis
- Het heeft ook heel lang geduurd. ― It did take very long.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editLow German
editAdverb
editook (German Low German)
- alternative form of ok
Middle English
editNoun
editook
- (especially Late Middle English) alternative form of ok (“oak”)
Semai
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Aslian *ʔoo(k/ŋ) (“wasp”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔuŋ ~ *ʔuəŋ ~ *huŋ ~ *huəŋ (“wasp; hornet”). Cognate with Semelai hɔŋ ("hornet"), Vietnamese ong (“bee”), Thavung ออง (“wasp”), Pacoh hong (“large bee, wasp”), Bahnar ong (“wasp”), Khmu ʔɔːŋ ("wasp"), Mon ဟိုၚ် (hang, “hornet”).
Noun
editook [1]
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008), Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia [Semai—Malay Dictionary][1], Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Tetum
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editook
References
edit- “ook”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
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