different between zouk vs jouk

English

Etymology

From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuk/, /zu?k/

Noun

zouk (plural zouks)

1. (music) A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music

Derived terms

• zoukify
• zouk-like
• zouk love

Verb

zouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)

1. To dance to zouk music.

French

Noun

zouk m (plural zouks)

1. zouk

Derived terms

• zoukeur / zoukeuse

Spanish

Noun

zouk m (uncountable)

1. zouk

English

Verb

jouk (third-person singular simple present jouks, present participle jouking, simple past and past participle jouked)

1. Alternative form of juke

Scots

Alternative forms

• jook, jeuk, juik, duik

Etymology 1

Variant of deuk, from Middle English d?ke or dukke. Compare Proto-Germanic *d?kan? (“to duck, dive”).

Verb

jouk (third-person singular present jouks, present participle joukin, past jouked, past participle jouked)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to duck; to move away quickly to avoid (something); to evade
2. (intransitive) to bow, to cower
3. (transitive) to duck into water; to souse

Noun

jouk (plural jouks)

1. a quick, evasive movement
2. a bow or curtsey
3. a trick; a deception
4. (of a river) a bend, a meander

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from the “evade” sense of Etymology 1, above.

Noun

jouk (plural jouks)

1. jumper, jersey, pullover, sweater; (typically) of something hidden or carried under one's clothing

References

• “jouk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “deuk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “jouk, n.²” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries. 2005 supplement.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *joukko.

Noun

jouk

1. group