Definitions For Sook

Etymology 1

English from 14thC, Scottish from 19thC. From {{inh, en, ang, sūcan, , to suck}}. See suck.

Verb

{{en-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 {{qualifier, diminutive}}

Interjection

{{en-interj}} (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 {{qualifier, adjective}} sooky {{qualifier, adjective}} sooky la-la

Related terms

sookie, sookies, sooky, sooky baby {{qualifier, Atlantic Canada}}

Translations

Maori: tangiweto, tangimeme Russian: нытик, плакса

Etymology 4

From {{der, en, ar, سُوق, , market}}. From 1926. See souq.

Pronunciation

/suk/

Noun

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

Etymology 5

{{unk, en}} origin. From {{w, Chesapeake Bay}}, 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