dook
dook verb: to make a certain clucking sound. Also the alternative form of duck.
Verb
dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dooking, simple past and past participle dooked)
- To make a certain clucking sound.
- The sun has gone down - what's that dooking sound? It must be trick or treating time. I glance across the bedroom floor and I see Chinook and Nikomi's ferret eyes.2014, Timothy Smith, Chinook the Ferret's Halloween Adventure, page 1
Noun (1)
dook (plural dooks)
- A certain clucking sound made by ferrets.
Noun (2)
dook (countable and uncountable, plural dooks)
Noun (3)
dook (plural dooks)
- A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc.
Noun (4)
dook (uncountable)
Noun (5)
dook (plural dooks)
Also used as
dook is also the alternative form of duck.
dook is also the eye dialect spelling of duke.
Forms of dook
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | dooks |
| present participle | dooking |
| past participle | dooked |
| past | dooked |
| Noun | |
| plural | dooks |
| alternative form | doock |
Origin of dook
Onomatopoeic.
From duck.
From Dutch doek (“cloth, fabric, canvas”), from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk- (“cloth”). See also duck (cloth).
Words formed from dook
Questions about dook
- What does dook mean?
- Dook means to make a certain clucking sound.
- What part of speech is dook?
- Dook can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of dook?
- The past tense of dook is dooked.
Words near dook in the dictionary
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