mook

/muːk/

mook noun: a disagreeable or incompetent person.

Noun (1)

mook (plural mooks)

(Northern-US, US, slang) A disagreeable or incompetent person.
(colloquial) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.

Noun (2)

IPA/mʊk/

mook (plural mooks)

A book published in the form factor of a magazine.

Synonyms:

bookazine, mag book

Proper noun capitalized: Mook

Mook (plural Mooks)

A surname.

mook meaning in Thai

mook in Thai

gaming: An anonymous foe: ลูกกระจ๊อก

Synonyms of mook

Forms of mook

Noun
plural	mooks
Proper noun
plural	Mooks

Plural of mook: mooks

Origin of mook

From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).

Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).

Words formed from mook

mookish

Phrases with mook

Words that rhyme with mook

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Questions about mook

What does mook mean?: Mook means a disagreeable or incompetent person.
What is mook in Thai?: Mook in Thai is ลูกกระจ๊อก. See Mook meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is mook?: Mook can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mook?: Mook is pronounced /muːk/.
What is the plural of mook?: The plural of mook is mooks.

Words near mook in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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