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drooked

drooked is the simple past and past participle of drook.

Meaning of drook

Verb

drook (third-person singular simple present drooks, present participle drooking, simple past and past participle drooked)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) 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

Adjective

drooked (comparative more drooked, superlative most drooked)

  1. Drenched, soaked.
    • And then a queer thought came to her there in the drooked fields, that nothing endured at all, nothing but the land she passed across […].1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 122

Forms of drooked

comparativemore drooked
superlativemost drooked

Origin of drooked

From Scots drookit, of uncertain origin. See drook, drouk.

Questions about drooked

What does drooked mean?
Drooked means drenched, soaked.
What is drooked the simple past and past participle of?
Drooked is the simple past and past participle of drook.
What part of speech is drooked?
Drooked is an adjective.

Words near drooked in the dictionary

  1. droodles
  2. droog
  3. droogish
  4. droogs
  5. drook
  6. drooked
  7. drooking
  8. drooks
  9. drool
  10. drool bucket
  11. drool buckets

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