different between doon vs dook

English

Etymology 1

See down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?n/

Adverb

doon (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) Down.

Preposition

doon

1. (Tyneside) Down.

Adjective

doon (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) On a lower level than before; down.

Etymology 2

See dun.

Noun

doon (plural doons)

1. Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.

Anagrams

• Ondo, dono

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *d?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?-.

Verb

doon

1. to do

Conjugation

Derived terms

• euverdoon, óppernuuj doon
• euverdoonder

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German dôn. Compare Low German doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??n/

Verb

doon (third-person singular simple present deit, past tense dee, past participle daan, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to do
2. to put

   Do dat aver dor!

   Just put it in there!

3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
4. (auxiliary, preterite) often used instead of the preterit of weak verbs, with an infinitive.

   Ik dee em en Kado geven!

   I gave him a present!

5. (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.

   So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee

   It became dark when the sun went down!

Conjugation

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?n/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).

Alternative forms

• dooin

Verb

doon (past ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)

1. close, shut

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *d?nom (“stronghold”).

Noun

doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)

1. fort, fastness

2. stronghold, bastion

Mutation

Middle English

Adjective

doon

1. done

Scots

Etymology

From Old English d?ne, aphetic form of ad?ne, from of d?ne (“off the hill”).

Adverb

doon (comparative mair doon, superlative maist doon)

1. down

Preposition

doon

1. down

Derived terms

• doon the stair

Somali

Verb

doon

1. want, hope, aspire

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?on/

Adverb

doon

1. there (far from both the speaker and the listener)

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dooking, simple past and past participle dooked)

1. (of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound.
   • 2014, Timothy Smith, Chinook the Ferret's Halloween Adventure (page 1)

     The sun has gone down - what's that dooking sound? It must be trick or treating time. I glance across the bedroom floor and I see Chinook and Nikomi's ferret eyes.

Translations

Noun

dook (plural dooks)

1. A certain clucking sound made by ferrets.

Etymology 2

From duck.

Verb

dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dooking, simple past and past participle dooked)

1. (dialect) Alternative form of duck (verb)

Etymology 3

From Dutch doek (“cloth, fabric, canvas”), from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *d?c, from Proto-West Germanic *d?k, from Proto-Germanic *d?kaz (“cloth”), from Proto-Indo-European *dw?g-, *dw?k- (“cloth”). See also duck (cloth).

Alternative forms

• doock

Noun

dook (plural dooks)

1. (Britain dialectal) a strong, untwilled linen or cotton.

Derived terms

• dooky
• sail-doock

Etymology 4

Noun

dook (plural dooks)

1. (Scotland) A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc.

Etymology 5

Noun

dook (uncountable)

1. (slang) dookie; feces
   • 2016, A. F. Knott, The Trainee

     I'm sick of people messing up my bathroom. […] I don't like seeing logs of dook at the bottom of the bowl when I go in there.

Anagrams

• doko

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?k

Verb

dook

1. singular past indicative of duiken

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English douken. More at English duck.

Noun

dook (plural dooks)

1. duck (act of ducking)
2. bathe

Verb

dook (third-person singular present dooks, present participle dookin, past dookit, past participle dookit)

1. to duck
2. to bathe

Etymology 2

From Dutch doek (“cloth, linen, garment”). More at English duck (“canvas”).

Alternative forms

• doock (obsolete)

Noun

dook (plural dooks)

1. A strong, untwilled linen or cotton fabric; duck

Derived terms

• sail-doock
• dooky