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chookish

chookish adjective: chickenlike.

Adjective

chookish (comparative more chookish, superlative most chookish)

  1. Chickenlike.
    • 'Most mist-ish, indeed. You perceived my true essence. Would you describe my thoughts as uniform? At one? Eh?' 'I guess so. Uniformly... chookish.'2011, D. C. Green, Erasmus James and the Grat Siege, →ISBN, page 54
    • One thing that interests me is the clucking, chookish reaction of so many of my friends.2014, Gillian Dooley, Graham Nerlich, Never Mind about the Bourgeoisie, →ISBN

Forms of chookish

comparativemore chookish
superlativemost chookish

Origin of chookish

From chook + -ish.

Questions about chookish

What does chookish mean?
Chookish means chickenlike.
What part of speech is chookish?
Chookish is an adjective.

Words near chookish in the dictionary

  1. chookers
  2. chookhouse
  3. chookhouses
  4. chookie
  5. chookies
  6. chookish
  7. chooks
  8. chooky
  9. chookyard
  10. chookyards
  11. choola

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