"mook" meaning in English

See mook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /muːk/ Forms: mooks [plural]
Rhymes: -uːk Etymology: From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”). Etymology templates: {{unknown|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{m|en|moke||donkey}} moke (“donkey”), {{m|en|mooch||a sponger, beggar, idler}} mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”), {{der|en|ga|muc|t=pig}} Irish muc (“pig”), {{der|en|nl|mok}} Dutch mok, {{der|en|de|Mocke}} German Mocke, {{m|de|Mucke}} Mucke, {{der|en|it|mammalucco|lit=mamluk|t=fool}} Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mook (plural mooks)
  1. (slang, US, chiefly Northeastern US, Upper Midwestern US) A disagreeable or incompetent person. Tags: Northeastern, US, slang Categories (topical): People Translations (disagreeable person): mäntti (Finnish), () (Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-mook-en-noun-AUAhZjF4 Disambiguation of People: 49 51 1 Categories (other): American English, Northeast US English, Upper Midwest US English Disambiguation of 'disagreeable person': 99 1
  2. (colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Gaming, People
    Sense id: en-mook-en-noun-0i-oeH3Q Disambiguation of People: 49 51 1 Topics: games, gaming
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mookish
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mʊk/ Forms: mooks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊk Etymology: Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|magazine|book}} Blend of magazine + book, {{bor|en|ja|ムック|tr=mukku}} Japanese ムック (mukku) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mook (plural mooks)
  1. A book published in the form factor of a magazine. Synonyms: bookazine, mag book
    Sense id: en-mook-en-noun-aawp~D9N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for mook meaning in English (4.1kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mookish"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "moke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "donkey"
      },
      "expansion": "moke (“donkey”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mooch",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a sponger, beggar, idler"
      },
      "expansion": "mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "muc",
        "t": "pig"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish muc (“pig”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "mok"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch mok",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Mocke"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mocke",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mucke"
      },
      "expansion": "Mucke",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "mammalucco",
        "lit": "mamluk",
        "t": "fool"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mooks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mook (plural mooks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northeast US English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Upper Midwest US English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A disagreeable or incompetent person."
      ],
      "id": "en-mook-en-noun-AUAhZjF4",
      "qualifier": "Upper Midwestern US",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, US, chiefly Northeastern US, Upper Midwestern US) A disagreeable or incompetent person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "US",
        "slang"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disagreeable person",
          "word": "mäntti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Mandarin",
          "roman": "mù",
          "sense": "disagreeable person",
          "word": "木"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gaming",
          "orig": "en:Gaming",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero."
      ],
      "id": "en-mook-en-noun-0i-oeH3Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "gaming",
          "gaming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "anonymous",
          "anonymous"
        ],
        [
          "foe",
          "foe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/muːk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mook"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "magazine",
        "3": "book"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of magazine + book",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ムック",
        "tr": "mukku"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese ムック (mukku)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mooks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mook (plural mooks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A book published in the form factor of a magazine."
      ],
      "id": "en-mook-en-noun-aawp~D9N",
      "links": [
        [
          "form factor",
          "form factor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bookazine"
        },
        {
          "word": "mag book"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mʊk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mook"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mookish"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "moke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "donkey"
      },
      "expansion": "moke (“donkey”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mooch",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a sponger, beggar, idler"
      },
      "expansion": "mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "muc",
        "t": "pig"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish muc (“pig”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "mok"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch mok",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Mocke"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mocke",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mucke"
      },
      "expansion": "Mucke",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "mammalucco",
        "lit": "mamluk",
        "t": "fool"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mooks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mook (plural mooks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English slang",
        "Northeast US English",
        "Upper Midwest US English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A disagreeable or incompetent person."
      ],
      "qualifier": "Upper Midwestern US",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, US, chiefly Northeastern US, Upper Midwestern US) A disagreeable or incompetent person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "en:Gaming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gaming",
          "gaming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "anonymous",
          "anonymous"
        ],
        [
          "foe",
          "foe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/muːk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disagreeable person",
      "word": "mäntti"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Mandarin",
      "roman": "mù",
      "sense": "disagreeable person",
      "word": "木"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mook"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "magazine",
        "3": "book"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of magazine + book",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "ムック",
        "tr": "mukku"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese ムック (mukku)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mooks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mook (plural mooks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A book published in the form factor of a magazine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "form factor",
          "form factor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mʊk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bookazine"
    },
    {
      "word": "mag book"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mook"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.