sook1
/so͞ok/ /sək
/noun
A female crab.A mature (adult) female blue crab, known as a "Sook" to watermen, is identified as having an inverted "U" or bell-shaped apron and red-tipped claws.
Origin
1950s: of unknown origin.
sook2
/suːk
/ /sʊk /noun informal, chiefly Australian /NZ & Canadian
1A person lacking spirit or self-confidence.He was impatient with bores, sooks and nags; he was full of ideas and energies, and hopeless at small details....
- Apparently tall thin men who have lost an arm in a machinery accident are not sooks.
- I can be a moper and a downright sook if left to my own devices at times.
2A hand-reared calf.He tried to soothe the heifer's anxiety with a calm voice. "Sook now. Sook."
Derivatives
sooky
- Just like your father, he has become very sooky, house bound and clingy.
- She's all weird and sooky at the moment.
- She says they all have different personalities, some are a bit sooky, particularly the grey kangaroos, and then some are only too happy to get out of the pouch and jump around.
Origin
Mid 19th century: dialect variant of the noun suck.