Australiaand New Zealand. a timid, cowardly person, esp. a young person; crybaby.
–interjection
2.
Midland U.S.(used to summon cows from the pasture).
Origin: 1890–95; prob. from earlier sense “calf reared by hand,” perh. suck(-calf), with sp. repr. N England, Scots pron. of suck(but earliest cited pron. of sook is (so̅o̅k))
[soo
k] 