Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
chook [choo k, chook] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Australian. a hen.
- Slang. a woman.
interjection
- (used as a call for poultry or pigs.)
Also chook·ie [choo k-ee, choo-kee] /ˈtʃʊk i, ˈtʃu ki/. Origin of chook 1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck3, chicken Examples from the Web for chook Historical Examples of chook
Achun well knows all this, and he has determined to have Chook Aloong displaced.
William H. Brereton
A softer, more musical rendition is given when the birds are well bunched and feeding, which came to my ear as “chook.”
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)
Arthur Cleveland Bent
A great blackbird flew out with a loud “chook, chook,” and the red of the haw on his yellow bill.
Michael Fairless
A great blackbird flew out with a loud “chook, chook,” and the red of the haw on his yellow bill.
Michael Fairless
British Dictionary definitions for chook chook verb
- See jook
noun
- Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken
- Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one
interjection
- Australian a exclamation used to attract chickens
- he couldn’t raffle a chook in a pub he is incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks