ook
English edit
Etymology edit
Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /uːk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /uk/
- Rhymes: -uːk
Interjection edit
ook
- (onomatopoeia) Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.
- Synonyms: ooh-ah-ah, ooh ah ah, ooh ooh aah aah, oo oo aa aa
- 1995, Terry Pratchett, Soul Music:
- He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me —" "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod.
- 2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata:
- The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door.
- 2014, Victoria Wessex, Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star:
- Fingers pinched my eyelashes and lifted one eyelid. I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur. “Ook?” asked the monkey.
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Verb edit
ook (third-person singular simple present ooks, present participle ooking, simple past and past participle ooked) (intransitive)
- (onomatopoeia) To make the cry of an ape or monkey.
- (slang, ethnic slur, offensive) Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense.
- 2017 January 16, Rick Mathers, “Sow in Coongress will be preparing for chimpout instead of attending inaguration”, in soc.culture.african.american[5] (Usenet):
- WASHINGTON -- A California coongressboon ooked today that it would be
"preparing the nigger resistance" instead of apetending human
President-elect Trump's inauguration.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D/Nigger-Calif.) ooked its chimpout in a statement:
"I will not be celebrating or honoring an incoming president who rode
racism, sexism, xenophobia and bigotry to the White House."
- 2019 March 30, Robert Wolfe, “Catch and release (80 times) nigger assaults an 83 year old woman”, in alt.checkmate[8] (Usenet):
- Castle Hill, Bronx … 51-year-old C&R nigger Gary Mallette is wanted for
attempted muhdik on an 83-year-old female in her apartment. The nigger
posed as a repair-nig and ooked it was going to fix a leak.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch ook, from Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ook
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, auk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ook
- also, too, moreover
- Dat kan ik ook. ― I can do that too.
- Mentale gezondheid is ook gezondheid. ― Mental health is also health.
- (in negative sentences) either
- Ik kan dat ook niet. ― I can't do that either.
- -ever
- wie dan ook ― whoever
- waar ook ― wherever
- particle for emphasis
- Het heeft ook heel lang geduurd. ― It did take very long.
Descendants edit
German Low German edit
Adverb edit
ook
- Alternative form of ok
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English āc, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ook (plural ookes)
- oak (tree)
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
- The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
So hidously þat with þe leste strook
That it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook
- The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ōk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Semai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Aslian *ʔoo(k/ŋ) (“wasp”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔuŋ ~ *ʔuəŋ ~ *huŋ ~ *huəŋ (“wasp; hornet”). Cognate with Semelai hɔŋ ("hornet"), Vietnamese ong (“bee”), Thavung ออง (“wasp”), Pacoh hong (“large bee, wasp”), Bahnar ong (“wasp”), Khmu ʔɔːŋ ("wasp"), Mon ဟိုၚ် (hang, “hornet”).
Noun edit
ook [1]
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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