"jook" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdʒʊk/
Etymology: From Fula jukka. Compare Bahamian Creole jook, Nigerian Pidgin chook, Sranan Tongo dyuku, Grenadian Creole English djuck (“to stab”). Etymology templates: {{derived|jam|ff|jukka}} Fula jukka, {{cog|bah|jook}} Bahamian Creole jook, {{cog|pcm|chook}} Nigerian Pidgin chook, {{cog|srn|dyuku}} Sranan Tongo dyuku, {{cog|gcl|djuck|t=to stab}} Grenadian Creole English djuck (“to stab”) Head templates: {{head|jam|verb}} jook, {{jam-verb}} jook
  1. pierce, prick, poke, prod, stick (poke)
    Sense id: en-jook-jam-verb-ELEZn1N5
  2. stab
    Sense id: en-jook-jam-verb-tlLqiF96 Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 21 17
  3. (vulgar, slang) thrust with the pelvis (thrust) Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-jook-jam-verb-oMDBLaif
  4. (vulgar, slang) have sex, fuck (have sex) Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-jook-jam-verb-WmdT2GuD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jooks

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Nigerian Pidgin chook",
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      "expansion": "Sranan Tongo dyuku",
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      "args": {
        "1": "gcl",
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        "t": "to stab"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Fula jukka. Compare Bahamian Creole jook, Nigerian Pidgin chook, Sranan Tongo dyuku, Grenadian Creole English djuck (“to stab”).",
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    "jook"
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  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "english": "He poked me in the eye.",
          "text": "'Im jook mi inna mi yeye.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Ouch! I stepped on a thorn. (literally, “A thorn pierced the sole of my foot.”)",
          "text": "Ow! Macca jook mi (inna mi foot bottom).",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I prodded him with the machete.",
          "text": "I jook him wit' de cutlass.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pierce, prick, poke, prod, stick (poke)"
      ],
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        [
          "prick",
          "prick"
        ],
        [
          "poke",
          "poke"
        ],
        [
          "prod",
          "prod"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "University of the West Indies Press",
          "w:University of the West Indies Press"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She stabbed him with it.",
          "text": "Shi jook im wid it.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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        [
          "University of the West Indies Press",
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        ]
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    {
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        {
          "english": "Thrust twice.",
          "text": "Jook two time.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Mark Wignall, “A sick hospital, carnival wine and Bible thumpers”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):",
          "text": "“He should have grabbed for the best mouldy carnival costume, selected his best wining partner and taken to the streets in an attempt to jook and jam his problems away. […]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "thrust with the pelvis (thrust)"
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        "(vulgar, slang) thrust with the pelvis (thrust)"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "vulgar"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When I fucked her with it, she cried out for Jesus.",
          "text": "When mi jook har pum pum wid it, she bawl out fi Jeezas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have sex, fuck (have sex)"
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        "(vulgar, slang) have sex, fuck (have sex)"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʒʊk/"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He poked me in the eye.",
          "text": "'Im jook mi inna mi yeye.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Ouch! I stepped on a thorn. (literally, “A thorn pierced the sole of my foot.”)",
          "text": "Ow! Macca jook mi (inna mi foot bottom).",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I prodded him with the machete.",
          "text": "I jook him wit' de cutlass.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "pierce, prick, poke, prod, stick (poke)"
      ],
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          "pierce",
          "pierce"
        ],
        [
          "prick",
          "prick"
        ],
        [
          "poke",
          "poke"
        ],
        [
          "prod",
          "prod"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "University of the West Indies Press",
          "w:University of the West Indies Press"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "She stabbed him with it.",
          "text": "Shi jook im wid it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stab"
      ],
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        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ],
        [
          "University of the West Indies Press",
          "w:University of the West Indies Press"
        ]
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    },
    {
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        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples",
        "Jamaican Creole vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Thrust twice.",
          "text": "Jook two time.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Mark Wignall, “A sick hospital, carnival wine and Bible thumpers”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):",
          "text": "“He should have grabbed for the best mouldy carnival costume, selected his best wining partner and taken to the streets in an attempt to jook and jam his problems away. […]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thrust with the pelvis (thrust)"
      ],
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        [
          "thrust",
          "thrust"
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      ],
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        "(vulgar, slang) thrust with the pelvis (thrust)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
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        "Jamaican Creole slang",
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        "Jamaican Creole vulgarities"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When I fucked her with it, she cried out for Jesus.",
          "text": "When mi jook har pum pum wid it, she bawl out fi Jeezas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have sex, fuck (have sex)"
      ],
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        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ],
        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, slang) have sex, fuck (have sex)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʒʊk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jook"
}

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