sook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative spelling of suck.
noun
  1. Familiar name for a calf.
  2. Familiar name for a cow.
  3. A poddy calf.
intj
  1. A call for calves.
  2. A call for cattle.
  3. A call for cattle or sheep.
noun
  1. A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.
  2. A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of souq (“Arab market”).
noun
  1. A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab (Callinectes sapidus).
verb
  1. simple past of seek

Pronunciation

/suːk/ /sʊk/ /sʉk/ En-au-sook.ogg /suk/

Word forms

sook sooks sooking sooked suck suke

Etymology

English from the 14th century, Scottish from the 19th century. From Old English sūcan (“to suck”). See suck.

Synonyms

sookie sook cow sooky sookow sukow suck sucky suck cow sukey scaredy-cat sissy

Related words

Derived words

sookey sooky sooky la-la
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