Definitions For Sook

Etymology 1

English from 14thC, Scottish from 19thC. From . See suck.

Verb

Alternative spelling of suck

Etymology 2

Probably from suck. Compare sukey (attested 1838), Sucky (1844), Suke (1850); sook from 1906.

Alternative forms

suck suke

Pronunciation

/suːk/, /sʊk/

Noun

SOOK (plural SOOKs) (Scotland, rare) Familiar name for a calf. (US, _, dialectal) Familiar name for a cow. (Newfoundland) A cow or sheep. (Australia, New Zealand) A poddy calf.

Synonyms

poddy calf sookie

Interjection

(Scotland) A call for calves. (US, _, dialectal) A call for cattle. (Newfoundland) A call for cattle or sheep.

Synonyms

call sook cow,sookie, sookow, sukow, suck, sucky, suck cow, sukey

Etymology 3

Probably from dialectal suck. Compare 19thC British slang sock, , overgrown baby, British dialect suckerel, , suckling foal, unweaned child, Canadian suck, , crybaby, Canadian suck, , sycophant. From 1933.

Pronunciation

/sʊk/ (audio stream unavailable)

Noun

SOOK (plural SOOKs) (Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward. : Don′t be such a sook. (Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang) A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking. : I was so upset that I went home and had a sook about it.

Synonyms

timid person scaredy-cat, sissy

Derived terms

sookey sooky sooky la-la

Related terms

sookie, sookies, sooky, sooky baby

Translations

Maori: tangiweto, tangimeme Russian: нытик, плакса

Etymology 4

From . From 1926. See souq.

Pronunciation

/suk/

Noun

SOOK (plural SOOKs) Alternative spelling of souq, , Arab market.

Etymology 5

origin. From , attested as early as 1948.

Pronunciation

/suːk/

Noun

SOOK (plural SOOKs) (US, Eastern Shore of Maryland) A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, w:callinectes sapidus, callinectes sapidus.

Anagrams

soko