sook

[ sook ]

noun
  1. Australia and New Zealand. a timid, cowardly person, especially a young person; crybaby.

interjection
  1. Midland U.S. (used to summon cows from the pasture.)

Origin of sook

1
First recorded in 1890–95; probably from earlier sense “calf reared by hand,” perhaps suck(-calf), with the spelling representing a Northern England or Scots pronunciation of suck

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British Dictionary definitions for sook (1 of 2)

sook1

/ (sʊk) /


noun
  1. Southwest English dialect a baby

  2. derogatory a coward

  1. NZ informal a calf

Origin of sook

1
perhaps from Old English sūcan to suck, influenced by Welsh swci swead tame

British Dictionary definitions for sook (2 of 2)

sook2

verb
  1. to suck

noun
  1. the act or an instance of sucking

  2. a sycophant; toady

Origin of sook

2
Old English sūcan

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