gook
noun /ɡuːk/
/ɡuːk/
- [uncountable] (informal) any unpleasant sticky wet substance
- What’s all that gook on your face?
- [countable] (North American English, taboo, slang) an offensive word for a person from south-east Asia
Word Originsense 2 1930s: of unknown origin.sense 1 1970s: variant of guck.