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chook

noun
/t͡ʃʊk/

Etymology

From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.

  1. derived from tsiug
  2. derived from chuck<pos:call made to poultry or pigs>

Definitions

  1. A chicken, especially a hen.

    • Worm chickens once every three months and, if an occasional lice problem occurs, spray the inside of the chook shed with Coopex.

  2. A cooked chicken

    A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.

  3. A fool.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Affectionate name for a person

    2. A call made to chickens.

    3. An imitation of the call of a chicken.

      • Chook, chook, quack, quack, / Cock-a-doodle-doo; / All the ducks and the fowls / Admire me, they do.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA