Chook

//t͡ʃʊk// intj, noun, slang

intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chicken, especially a hen. Australia, New-Zealand, informal

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

  2. 2
    A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking. Australia, New-Zealand, informal
  3. 3
    A fool. Australia, dated
  4. 4
    Affectionate name for a person Australia, Northern-England
  5. 5
    A chicken. Northern-England

    "Chooky egg"

Intj
  1. 1
    A call made to chickens. Australia
  2. 2
    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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
chickenwatch cap

Example

More examples

"Like a chook with its head cut off."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

chook chaserchook penchook rafflechook runchook shedchook wheellike a headless chookturbo chook

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