different between mook vs kook

English

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of moke (“donkey”) (British slang), first appearing in the US in the 1930s.

Alternately, it could be a corruption of the Italian and Neapolitan word mammalucco (“mamluk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?k/
• Rhymes: -u?k

Noun

mook (plural mooks)

1. (slang, US, chiefly Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England) A disagreeable or incompetent person.
2. (colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.

Derived terms

• mookish

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of magazine +? book

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

mook (plural mooks)

1. A book published in the form factor of a magazine.

Synonyms

• bookazine
• mag book

Anagrams

• moko

Totontepec Mixe

Noun

mook

1. cob, corn.

English

Etymology

Possibly from cuckoo

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko?ok, IPA^(key): /ku?k/
• Rhymes: -u?k

Noun

kook (plural kooks)

1. (slang, chiefly US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person.

   Synonyms: nutjob, odd duck, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:mad person, Thesaurus:strange person
2. (surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

Derived terms

• kook out
• kookily
• kookish
• kookishness
• kookology
• kooky, kookie

Translations

Anagrams

• Koko, koko

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?k

Verb

kook

1. first-person singular present indicative of koken
2. imperative of koken

Estonian

Noun

kook (genitive koogi, partitive kooki)

1. cake

   Synonyms: tort, keeks

Declension