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chook

American  
[chook, chook] / tʃʊk, tʃuk /
Also chookie

noun

  1. Australian. a hen.

  2. Slang. a woman.

interjection

  1. (used as a call for poultry or pigs.)

chook British  
/ tʃʊk /

verb

  1. See jook

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noun

  1. Also called: chookie.  informal a hen or chicken

  2. informal a woman, esp a more mature one

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interjection

  1. a exclamation used to attract chickens

  2. he is incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks

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Etymology

Origin of chook

1885–90; compare British dialect chuck, chook call to poultry, chuck 3, chicken

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