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See also: òòk
Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /uːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /uk/
- Rhymes: -uːk
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.
used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey — see also oo oo aa aa
- Japanese: ウキー (ukī)
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.
From Dutch ook, from Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
ook
From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, auk, from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
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.
ook
- Alternative form of ok
From Old English āc, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks.
- IPA(key): /ɔːk/
- (Northern, Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ɑːk/
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
- “ōk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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”).
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- ^ 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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