drook
drook verb: to drench, to soak. Also the alternative form of droke.
Verb
drook (third-person singular simple present drooks, present participle drooking, simple past and past participle drooked)
- To drench, to soak.
- Ellen, when she came ashore, was as druckit as a water-wagtail. We had no time to think o' these matters, though. On we behoved to tramp, and we got all to the Duke's quarters about two in the morning. But, […]1823, John Gibson Lockhart, Reginald Dalton, page 243
- […] a heavy smirr of rain was drooking the grass, and the trees on every hand shook the water in blobs from the branches. Through them the lights of the finest town in the world shone damp and woe-begone.1903, Neil Munro, The Lost Pibroch: And Other Sheiling Stories, page 92
Also used as
drook is also the alternative form of droke.
Forms of drook
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | drooks |
| present participle | drooking |
| past participle | drooked |
| past | drooked |
| Noun | |
| plural | drooks |
Questions about drook
- What does drook mean?
- Drook means to drench, to soak.
- What part of speech is drook?
- Drook is a verb.
- What is the past tense of drook?
- The past tense of drook is drooked.
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