different between jook vs jock

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Unknown. Suggested to be a hypocoristic for John (compare Jack).

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

1. (slang, archaic) A common man.
2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) A Scotsman.

Etymology 2

The computer slang meanings are derived from jockey. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the middle 20th century and are simple abbreviations of jockstrap, which is in turn derived from the older slang meaning of jock itself, which dates from the 17th century, and whose etymology is unknown.

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

1. (informal) A jockey.
2. (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
3. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.

   Synonym: jockstrap

4. (US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
5. (US, slang, derogatory) An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
6. (slang) A disc jockey.
7. (US, dated computing slang, in combination) A specialist computer programmer.

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

jock (third-person singular simple present jocks, present participle jocking, simple past and past participle jocked)

1. (slang) to masturbate

   Synonyms: jack off, jerk off, jock off, wank, wank off

2. (slang) to humiliate

   Synonym: punk

3. (slang) to steal

   Synonym: gank

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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jock

1. belly

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN