chook

[ chook, chook ]

/ tʃʊk, tʃuk /

noun

Australian. a hen.

Slang. a woman.

interjection

(used as a call for poultry or pigs.)

Also chook·ie

[chook-ee, choo-kee]. /ˈtʃʊk i, ˈtʃu ki/.

Origin of chook

1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck³, chicken

Words nearby chook

Chongju, Chongqing, Chonju, choo-choo, choof off, chook, chook chaser, chook raffle, choom, choon, choora

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Example sentences from the Web for chook

A softer, more musical rendition is given when the birds are well bunched and feeding, which came to my ear as "chook."
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)|Arthur Cleveland Bent
Achun well knows all this, and he has determined to have Chook Aloong displaced.
The Truth about Opium|William H. Brereton
A great blackbird flew out with a loud “chook, chook,” and the red of the haw on his yellow bill.
The Roadmender|Michael Fairless
A great blackbird flew out with a loud "chook, chook," and the red of the haw on his yellow bill.
The Roadmender|Michael Fairless

British Dictionary definitions for chook

chook

/ (tʃʊk) /

verb

See jook

noun

Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken

Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one

interjection

Australian a exclamation used to attract chickens

he couldn't raffle a chook in a pub he is incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	chook
释义	chook [ chook, chook ] / tʃʊk, tʃuk / noun Australian. a hen. Slang. a woman. interjection (used as a call for poultry or pigs.) Also chook·ie [chook-ee, choo-kee]. /ˈtʃʊk i, ˈtʃu ki/. Origin of chook 1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck³, chicken Words nearby chook Chongju, Chongqing, Chonju, choo-choo, choof off, chook, chook chaser, chook raffle, choom, choon, choora Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chook A softer, more musical rendition is given when the birds are well bunched and feeding, which came to my ear as "chook." Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)\|Arthur Cleveland Bent Achun well knows all this, and he has determined to have Chook Aloong displaced. The Truth about Opium\|William H. Brereton A great blackbird flew out with a loud “chook, chook,” and the red of the haw on his yellow bill. The Roadmender\|Michael Fairless A great blackbird flew out with a loud "chook, chook," and the red of the haw on his yellow bill. The Roadmender\|Michael Fairless British Dictionary definitions for chook chook / (tʃʊk) / verb See jook noun Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one interjection Australian a exclamation used to attract chickens he couldn't raffle a chook in a pub he is incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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