"chook" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃʊk/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 chook.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ʊk Etymology: From Irish dialect chook (“a call made to poultry or pigs”), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc "call to chickens, chicken (child talk), sound made by chickens" (= English buck buck buck). Etymology templates: {{m|en|chook|t=a call made to poultry or pigs}} chook (“a call made to poultry or pigs”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} chook
  1. (Australia) A call made to chickens. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Chickens, Poultry Translations (call made to chickens): put (German)
    Sense id: en-chook-en-intj-DKkkO5lL Disambiguation of Chickens: 33 5 21 22 18 Disambiguation of Poultry: 21 4 24 26 25 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 23 22 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 5 23 22 27 Disambiguation of 'call made to chickens': 96 4
  2. An imitation of the call of a chicken.
    Sense id: en-chook-en-intj-jGHM2-qQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chookas, chookers, chook chaser, chookhouse, chookie, chookish, chook pen, chook raffle, chook run, chook shed, chook wheel, like a headless chook, chookyard, turbo chook

Noun [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃʊk/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 chook.ogg [Australia] Forms: chooks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊk Etymology: From Irish dialect chook (“a call made to poultry or pigs”), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc "call to chickens, chicken (child talk), sound made by chickens" (= English buck buck buck). Etymology templates: {{m|en|chook|t=a call made to poultry or pigs}} chook (“a call made to poultry or pigs”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chook (plural chooks)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A chicken, especially a hen. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Categories (lifeform): Poultry
    Sense id: en-chook-en-noun-RQ3QhMvb Disambiguation of Poultry: 21 4 24 26 25 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 23 22 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 5 23 22 27
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Categories (topical): Food and drink Categories (lifeform): Poultry
    Sense id: en-chook-en-noun-B1pSdC0o Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Poultry: 21 4 24 26 25 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 23 22 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 5 23 22 27
  3. (Australia, dated) A fool. Tags: Australia, dated Categories (lifeform): Poultry
    Sense id: en-chook-en-noun-rTstm6Q2 Disambiguation of Poultry: 21 4 24 26 25 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 23 22 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 5 23 22 27

Verb [Nigerian Pidgin]

Etymology: Ultimately from Fula jukka. Compare Jamaican Creole and Bahamian Creole jook (“to stab”) and Sranan Tongo dyuku (“to stab”). Etymology templates: {{bor|pcm|ff|jukka}} Fula jukka, {{cog|jam,bah|jook|t=to stab}} Jamaican Creole and Bahamian Creole jook (“to stab”), {{cog|srn|dyuku|t=to stab}} Sranan Tongo dyuku (“to stab”) Head templates: {{head|pcm|verb}} chook
  1. to pierce, prick, penetrate, poke
    Sense id: en-chook-pcm-verb-nXA2H73l Categories (other): Nigerian Pidgin entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Semai]

Etymology: From Proto-Semai *cooᵍŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuk ~ *ɟuuk (“creeper; material for tying”). Cognate with Bahnar jŭk (“trigger wire”), Old Mon juk (“creeper; cord”), whence Mon ဇုက် (cɜ̀k, “string; cord; rope”) and possibly Vietnamese chạc. Etymology templates: {{inh|sea|mkh-pro|*ɟuk|*ɟuk ~ *ɟuuk|t=creeper; material for tying}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuk ~ *ɟuuk (“creeper; material for tying”), {{cog|bdq|jŭk||trigger wire}} Bahnar jŭk (“trigger wire”), {{cog|omx|juk|t=creeper; cord}} Old Mon juk (“creeper; cord”), {{cog|mnw|ဇုက်|t=string; cord; rope|tr=cɜ̀k}} Mon ဇုက် (cɜ̀k, “string; cord; rope”), {{cog|vi|chạc}} Vietnamese chạc Head templates: {{head|sea|noun}} chook
  1. rattan
    Sense id: en-chook-sea-noun-FsB1aaFw Categories (other): Semai entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Semai entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. rope Synonyms (rope): taliiq
    Sense id: en-chook-sea-noun-~k1Vuf-l Disambiguation of 'rope': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chinchook

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chook",
        "t": "a call made to poultry or pigs"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Irish dialect chook (“a call made to poultry or pigs”), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc \"call to chickens, chicken (child talk), sound made by chickens\" (= English buck buck buck).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chooks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chook (plural chooks)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "New Zealand English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Don Burke, The Complete Burke′s Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets, page 683",
          "text": "Worm chickens once every three months and, if an occasional lice problem occurs, spray the inside of the chook shed with Coopex.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2006, Judith Brett, The Chook in the Australian Unconscious, in Peter Beilharz, Robert Manne, Reflected Light: La Trobe Essays, page 329,\nThis little book, with its meticulous pencil drawings of chooks in mechanical contraptions and photos to show the machine in operation with a white leghorn called Gregory Peck, is evidence of both the sadism inspired by the chook′s comparatively flightless fate and the laughter we use to defend ourselves against the knowledge of that sadism."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Helen Maczkowiack, An Awkward Fit, page 21",
          "text": "She decided to dig her way under the fence into their chook house and had great fun running around and biting the necks of about eight chooks and leaving them half-dead and bleeding. The neighbour was furious, and unfortunately it was Dad′s birthday, so when he arrived home from work, Mum said ‘Happy birthday and darling. Guess what? Your dog has half-killed most of the neighbour′s chooks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chicken, especially a hen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chicken",
          "chicken"
        ],
        [
          "hen",
          "hen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A chicken, especially a hen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English informal terms",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chicken",
          "chicken"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fool."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, dated) A fool."
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃʊk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 chook.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/EN-AU_ck1_chook.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_chook.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/EN-AU_ck1_chook.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chook"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊk",
    "Rhymes:English/ʊk/1 syllable",
    "en:Chickens",
    "en:Food and drink",
    "en:Poultry"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "chookas"
    },
    {
      "word": "chookers"
    },
    {
      "word": "chook chaser"
    },
    {
      "word": "chookhouse"
    },
    {
      "word": "chookie"
    },
    {
      "word": "chookish"
    },
    {
      "word": "chook pen"
    },
    {
      "word": "chook raffle"
    },
    {
      "word": "chook run"
    },
    {
      "word": "chook shed"
    },
    {
      "word": "chook wheel"
    },
    {
      "word": "like a headless chook"
    },
    {
      "word": "chookyard"
    },
    {
      "word": "turbo chook"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "chook",
        "t": "a call made to poultry or pigs"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chook",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "categories": [
        "Australian English"
      ],
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        "A call made to chickens."
      ],
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        "(Australia) A call made to chickens."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1875 July 23, Sydney Punch, page 1, column 1",
          "text": "Chook, chook, quack, quack, / Cock-a-doodle-doo; / All the ducks and the fowls / Admire me, they do.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An imitation of the call of a chicken."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃʊk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 chook.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/EN-AU_ck1_chook.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_chook.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/EN-AU_ck1_chook.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "call made to chickens",
      "word": "put"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chook"
}

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        "2": "ff",
        "3": "jukka"
      },
      "expansion": "Fula jukka",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "jook",
        "t": "to stab"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srn",
        "2": "dyuku",
        "t": "to stab"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Fula jukka. Compare Jamaican Creole and Bahamian Creole jook (“to stab”) and Sranan Tongo dyuku (“to stab”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pcm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "chook",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
  "lang_code": "pcm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Nigerian Pidgin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Nigerian Pidgin lemmas",
        "Nigerian Pidgin terms borrowed from Fula",
        "Nigerian Pidgin terms derived from Fula",
        "Nigerian Pidgin verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pierce, prick, penetrate, poke"
      ],
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          "penetrate"
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          "poke"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chook"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Semai entries with incorrect language header",
    "Semai lemmas",
    "Semai nouns",
    "Semai terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer",
    "Semai terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chinchook"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sea",
        "2": "mkh-pro",
        "3": "*ɟuk",
        "4": "*ɟuk ~ *ɟuuk",
        "t": "creeper; material for tying"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuk ~ *ɟuuk (“creeper; material for tying”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bdq",
        "2": "jŭk",
        "3": "",
        "4": "trigger wire"
      },
      "expansion": "Bahnar jŭk (“trigger wire”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "omx",
        "2": "juk",
        "t": "creeper; cord"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Mon juk (“creeper; cord”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mnw",
        "2": "ဇုက်",
        "t": "string; cord; rope",
        "tr": "cɜ̀k"
      },
      "expansion": "Mon ဇုက် (cɜ̀k, “string; cord; rope”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "chạc"
      },
      "expansion": "Vietnamese chạc",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semai *cooᵍŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuk ~ *ɟuuk (“creeper; material for tying”). Cognate with Bahnar jŭk (“trigger wire”), Old Mon juk (“creeper; cord”), whence Mon ဇုက် (cɜ̀k, “string; cord; rope”) and possibly Vietnamese chạc.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sea",
        "2": "noun"
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      "expansion": "chook",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Semai",
  "lang_code": "sea",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rattan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rattan",
          "rattan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rope"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "rope",
      "word": "taliiq"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chook"
}

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