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ook

/uːk/US/uk/

ook interjection: used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Interjection

  1. (onomatopoeic) Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.
    • He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me —" "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod.1995, Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
    • The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door.2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata

Verb

ook (third-person singular simple present ooks, present participle ooking, simple past and past participle ooked)

  1. (intransitive, onomatopoeic) To make the cry of an ape or monkey.
  2. (ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang, slur) Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense.
    • Starts ooking and eeking About Slavery, Racism, Hair Salons, etc!2012 August 19, Trending Now, “Huge Feral Nigger Sheboon Chimps Out at Gas Station”, in aus.politics (Usenet)
    • On Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:40:40 PM UTC+10, nigger brndy ooked:
      > You all have AIDS, cock suckers.2013 April 27, farkya...@live.com, “Im the only normal person on here”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet)

Synonyms of ook

Forms of ook

third-person singular presentooks
present participleooking
past participleooked
pastooked

Origin of ook

Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Words formed from ook

Words that rhyme with ook

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Questions about ook

What does ook mean?
Ook means used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.
What part of speech is ook?
Ook can be an interjection or a verb.
How do you pronounce ook?
Ook is pronounced /uːk/ (UK).

Words near ook in the dictionary

  1. oojamaflips
  2. oojar
  3. oojiboo
  4. oojiboos
  5. Oojyne
  6. ook
  7. ooked
  8. ookie cookie
  9. ookinete
  10. ookinetes
  11. ookinetic

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