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gook

1  [gook, gook]
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–noun Informal.
1. guck.
2. makeup, esp. when thickly applied: She looks ridiculous with all that gook around her eyes.
Origin:
expressive word, perh. b. goo and muck; cf. guck

gook

2  [gook]
–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
1. a native of Southeast Asia or the South Pacific, esp. when a member of an enemy military force.
2. any dark-skinned foreigner, esp. one from the Middle East.
3. anyone who is offensive to others because of stupidity, coarseness, etc.
Origin:
1930–35; of uncert. orig; cf. earlier googoo, gugu, as opprobrious term for a Filipino, and perh. comparable relationship of kook to cuckoo

guck

  [guhk, gook]
–noun Informal.
1. slime or oozy dirt: the guck in a stagnant pond.
2. any oozy, sticky, or slimy substance: a can of guck to patch the roof.
Also, gook.

Origin:
1945–50; perh. b. goo and muck
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gook 1   (gŏŏk, gōōk)   
n.  Variant of guck.
gook 2   (gōōk)   
n.   Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.

[Perhaps alteration of earlier goo-goo, native inhabitant of the Philippines, Pacific islander.]
guck   (gŭk, gŏŏk)   
n.   Slang
A thick messy substance, such as sludge.

[Possibly g(oo) + (m)uck.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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