"dook" meaning in English

See dook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dooks [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dook (plural dooks)
  1. A certain clucking sound made by ferrets.
    Sense id: en-dook-en-noun-xEl2i4mt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: dooks [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch doek (“cloth, fabric, canvas”), from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk- (“cloth”). See also duck (cloth). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|doek||cloth, fabric, canvas}} Dutch doek (“cloth, fabric, canvas”), {{der|en|dum|doec}} Middle Dutch doec, {{der|en|odt|*dōc}} Old Dutch *dōc, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*dōk}} Proto-West Germanic *dōk, {{der|en|gem-pro|*dōkaz||cloth}} Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dwōg-}} Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, {{m|ine-pro|*dwōk-||cloth}} *dwōk- (“cloth”), {{l|en|duck}} duck, {{gloss|cloth}} (cloth) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dook (countable and uncountable, plural dooks)
  1. (UK dialectal) A strong, untwilled linen or cotton. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Synonyms: doock Derived forms: dooky, sail-doock
    Sense id: en-dook-en-noun-b-GUawxO Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 38 27 6 11 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: dooks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dook (plural dooks)
  1. (Scotland) A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-dook-en-noun-UW5nnSks Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dook (uncountable)
  1. (slang) dookie; feces Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dook-en-noun-g~sYlKT-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

Forms: dooks [present, singular, third-person], dooking [participle, present], dooked [participle, past], dooked [past]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dooking, simple past and past participle dooked)
  1. (of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound. Translations (ferret sound): mokken (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-dook-en-verb-I-u~~IRU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: dooks [present, singular, third-person], dooking [participle, present], dooked [participle, past], dooked [past]
Etymology: From duck. Etymology templates: {{m|en|duck}} duck Head templates: {{en-verb}} dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dooking, simple past and past participle dooked)
  1. (dialect) Alternative form of duck Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: duck
    Sense id: en-dook-en-verb-NDaZQ1Pt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A strong, untwilled linen or cotton."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "untwilled",
          "untwilled"
        ],
        [
          "linen",
          "linen"
        ],
        [
          "cotton",
          "cotton"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK dialectal) A strong, untwilled linen or cotton."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "dialectal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "doock"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dook"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dooks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dook (plural dooks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dook"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 5,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "dook (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, A. F. Knott, The Trainee",
          "text": "I'm sick of people messing up my bathroom. […] I don't like seeing logs of dook at the bottom of the bowl when I go in there.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dookie; feces"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dookie",
          "dookie"
        ],
        [
          "feces",
          "feces"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) dookie; feces"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dook"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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