Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jouk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jouk
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"[H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek, / And broken Smatters of the Hebrevv ſpeak; / And in the Latin he is nicely read; / Can ſcrape and jouk; then is not he vvell bred?"
"Dry stream channels descend the bare slopes into the valley floor, jouking this way and that to dodge tall extrusions of rock."

Etymology

From Scots jouk.

Word Breakdown

Root: jouk

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

jouks (present, singular) jouking (participle, present) jouked (participle, past) jouked (past) jook (alternative) juke (alternative)

Questions

What does jouk mean?: To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.
Where does jouk come from?: From Scots jouk.

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