Synonyms

jook

[jook, jook]

jook

1[jook, jook]
noun Slang.
Also called jook joint.

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Jook is always a great word to know.
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a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; a source of annoying difficulty or burden; a recurring snag
to refuse to serve at a bar or restaurant; to be thrown out of or forbidden from an establishment
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jook

2[jook]
noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Scot.
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jook or informal (Caribbean) chook (dʒʊk)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to poke or puncture (the skin)
 
n
2.  a jab or the resulting wound
 
[C20: of uncertain origin]
 
chook or informal (Caribbean) chook
 
vb
 
n
 
[C20: of uncertain origin]

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