nook
/nʊk/
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Northern Ireland/nʉk/
nook noun: a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
Noun
nook (plural nooks)
- A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
- A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
- The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.
- It would be such a bummer if people were bored at this dance. We need something that... we could use backdrops for photos or... hangout nooks! Nooks are very important.2017, Robia Rashid, “I Lost My Poor Meetball” (10:45 from the start), in Joe Kessler, director, Atypical, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Paige (Jenna Boyd), via Netflix
- A recess, cove or hollow.
- Ar. Safely in harbour / Is the Kings ſhippe, in the deepe Nooke, where once / Thou calldſt me vp at midnight to fetch dewe / From the ſtill-vext Bermoothes, there ſhe's hid; [...]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- Synonyms:
- niche
- An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
- You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.a. 1634, W. Noye, The Complete Lawyer, section 57
- Nook, an old legal term for 12+¹⁄₂ acres of land; still in use at Alston.1903, English Dialectical Dictionary, volume IV, page 295
- Synonyms:
- fardel
- A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
- The ancient bounds of the cow paſture of Penrith, [...] and then from the ſaid Old Dyke end, alongſt Plumpton Dyke Eaſt over Petterel unto Plumpton park nuke, otherwiſe called Plumpton nuke; [...]1777, Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, “[Appendix.] No. XXVIII. Penrith Boundary on the Side of Caterlen.”, in The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. … In Two...
- The bounder beginneth at the east nuke of the Carter, and from thence extendeth eastward upon the height of the edge to Robscleugh Score, and from thence to Phillip's cross, so to the Spittopnuke, from thence to Greenlaw, so to the height of the Brown Hartlaw, and from thence along the high street...1827, John Hodgson, “Morpeth Deanery”, in A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts, part II, volume I, Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Edw[ard] Walker, for J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols, [et al.]...
- The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
- i NEEEEEEEED A NICE BIG HIGH8LOODED 8ULGE UP MY NOOK THIS SECOND!2012 April 29, lucretiasgf (@furiosasgf), Twitter
- Vriska is too trashy to shave her nook.2012 December 22, Harveh (@TemporalHipster), Twitter
Verb
nook (third-person singular simple present nooks, present participle nooking, simple past and past participle nooked)
- To withdraw into a nook.
- Mrs. Fluent was nooked with their hostess in the corner of another, a retiring woman, remarkably pretty withal, as your ministers' wives generally are, and no wonder, since the ministers, if at all popular, usually have their pick among the young lambs — we mean the young ladies — of their flocks.1852, Alban: A Tale of the New World, page 248
- 'Tis the marrow of health In the forest to lie, Where, nooking in stealth, They enjoy her supply1855, Charles Rogers, The modern Scottish minstrel
- To situate in a nook.
- The city of Gotham is an island, as we have said; and once it was a beautiful island, affording to the gaze of him who sailed along its shores, an agreeable mixture of rock and grove, topping hill and marshiy low ground, spakling here and there with the villas or country-houses of the wealthy...1860, Jedediah Vincent Huntington, A Tale of Real Life, Or, Blonde and Brunette, page 8
- Stairs descended to larders, pantries were cleverly nooked into alcoves, and beyond the open windows sprawled lush gardens.2009, Karen Marie Moning, Beyond the Highland Mist
Proper noun capitalized: Nook
Nook
nook meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
nook in Tamil
- small corner formed by two walls
- முக்கு mukku
nook in Urdu
- الگ تھلگ, گوشہ, کونا, تنگ جگہ
nook in Bengali
- বিবিক্ত স্থান, কোণ, কোনাকাঞ্চি
nook in Telugu
- a nook, corner, an opening, fissure, crack, chink, a hole
- సందు sandu
More languagesFewer languages
- nook in Malayalam
- ഇടുക്ക്, മൂല, മുക്ക്
- nook in Kannada
- ಗೊಂದಿ, ಮೂಲೆ ತಾಕು, ಮೂಲೆ, ವಿವಿಕ್ತವಾಗಿರುವ ಜಾಗ
- nook in Persian
- کنج konj
- nook in Thai
- ซอก sɔ̂ɔk, มุม mum
- nook in Vietnamese
- xó
Examples of nook in a sentence
- Well, uh, glad to be here in this cozy nook.2022 March 11, Anna Ouyang Moench, “The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design”, in Severance, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Mark S. (Adam...
- Their nook was not cosy; it covered 20 acres.1968 November 9, The Economist, page 2:
- the vriska i roleplay specifically just has a nook because i like drawin vaginas.2019 April 10, @jashindamnit, Twitter:
- Patrick Campbell has starred, makes one of his characters say : " Half the time you were nooking with Daisy, the rest with Mrs.1905, Appleton's Magazine - Volume 5, page 847:
Synonyms of nook
Forms of nook
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nooks |
| alternative form | nuke |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nooks |
| present participle | nooking |
| past participle | nooked |
| past | nooked |
Origin of nook
From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”).
Words formed from nook
Words that rhyme with nook
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- brooke
- logbook
- stook
- jook
- mistook
- overcook
- shook
- sook
- talk like a book
- took
- undercook
- abrook
- betook
- bring to book
- by hook and by crook
- by hook or by crook
- checkbook
- cheque book
- chequebook
- Corner Brook
- forsook
- Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook
- gook
- Hughes Brook
- Knook
- log book
- log-book
- Main Brook
- mook
- overtook
- partook
- quook
- schnook
- shnook
- South Brook
- Steady Brook
- uncrook
- undertook
Questions about nook
- What does nook mean?
- Nook means a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- What is nook in Tamil?
- Nook in Tamil is முக்கு (mukku). See Nook meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use nook in a sentence?
- Well, uh, glad to be here in this cozy nook.
- What part of speech is nook?
- Nook can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nook?
- Nook is pronounced /nʊk/.
- What is the plural of nook?
- The plural of nook is nooks.
Words near nook in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nook (page history and authors); Nook (page history and authors); nook (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nook (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); సందు (Telugu) (page history and authors); nook (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nook (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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