different between gook vs jook

English

Etymology 1

The word was used by U.S. Marines in the early 20th century; the earliest written example is dated 1920.

Folk etymology suggests that during the Korean War, young Korean children would point at U.S. soldiers and shout in Korean ?? (Miguk, “America”). Soldiers heard the word as “me gook”, as if the children were defining themselves as “gooks”. The soldiers proceeded to use that term to refer to the Koreans. The word ? (?, guk) itself simply means “country”. This explanation ignores the fact that there are many examples of the word's use that pre-date the Korean War.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?uk/; IPA^(key): /??k/ (less common)
• Rhymes: -uk, -?k

Noun

gook (plural gooks)

1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent, especially a Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese or Korean person.
   1. (US, derogatory) A Vietnamese insurgent in the Vietnam War, particularly a member of the Viet Cong.
2. (dated) A foreigner, especially an enemy soldier in wartime.
   1. (Rhodesia, derogatory) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
      • 1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla War it Never Lost, p. 55:

        "But shit, man, don't we do a fucking good job of it. Jesus, we slew long gooks this last trip," quipped Mark.

Usage notes

• In the US, gook refers especially to a Vietnamese person in the context of the Vietnam War, and particularly to the Viet Cong. It is generally considered to be highly offensive, on par with nigger.

Derived terms

• gookland

Translations

Etymology 2

Possible blend of goop +? gunk, or related to gobbledygook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/, /?uk/
• Rhymes: -?k, -uk

Noun

gook (plural gooks)

1. (informal) Grime or mud.

Derived terms

• gooky
• gook up

See also

• gook wagon

References

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?u?k/
• Rhymes: -u?k

Verb

jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 53:

     So ye were on the ground and ye just ran round and jooked through the men going up the stairs, some walking, some running, and if ye got into there nobody could get ye.

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. A quick movement to evade something.
2. A bow or curtsey.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese ? (zuk1) and Korean ? (juk). Doublet of zhou.

Noun

jook (uncountable)

1. Congee.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:jook.

Etymology 3

From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”)

Pronunciation

• (MLE) IPA^(key): /d??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”).

Derived terms

• jook joint

Etymology 4

From Jamaican Creole jook, from Fula jukka (“to poke”).

Verb

jook (third-person singular simple present jooks, present participle jooking, simple past and past participle jooked)

1. MLE form of juke (“to stab, to ching”)

Derived terms

• jooka (“knife”)

Etymology 5

Unknown. Possibly related to Etymology 1, above. Compare Scots jouk (“(hidden under one's) jumper”).

Noun

jook (plural jooks)

1. (informal, Scotland) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or T-shirt.

Alternative forms

• juke

References

• Eric Partridge (2014) , “jook”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, ?ISBN, page 448
• “jouk, n.²” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries. 2005 supplement.

Estonian

Etymology

From jooma +? -k.

Noun

jook (genitive joogi, partitive jooki)

1. drink

Declension

Derived terms

• joogivesi

Related terms

• jooma

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From Fula jukka. Compare Bahamian Creole jook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??k/
• Hyphenation: jook

Verb

jook

1. pierce, prick, poke, prod, stick (poke)

2. stab

3. (vulgar, slang) thrust with the pelvis (thrust)

4. (vulgar, slang) have sex, fuck (have sex)

Derived terms

• jooks

References

Further reading

• jook – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary