Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: dook
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a certain clucking sound.

noun

A certain clucking sound made by ferrets.

verb

Alternative form of duck.

noun

A strong, untwilled linen or cotton.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc.

noun

Slang; Uncountable

noun

A heading or roadway following the dip of the strata.

noun

Eye dialect spelling of duke (“a fist”).

Example Sentences

"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."
"But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head..."
"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."
"Put up your dooks!"

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: doek, doec, *dōc, *dōk, *dōkaz, *dwōg-

Usage

Inflected Forms

dooks (present, singular) dooking (participle, present) dooked (participle, past) dooked (past) dooks (plural) doock (alternative)

Derived Forms

dooker dooky

Phrases

sail-doock

Questions

What does dook mean?: To make a certain clucking sound.
Where does dook come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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