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ook en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /uk/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /uːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Meanings

  1. (onomatopoeic) Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.
    • He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me —" "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod. 1995, Terry Pratchett, Soul Music:
    • The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door. 2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata:
    • Fingers pinched my eyelashes and lifted one eyelid. I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur. “Ook?” asked the monkey. 2014, Victoria Wessex, Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star:

Deriveds

Ookland

Relateds

eek

Synonyms

ooh ah ah · ooh ooh aah aah · oo oo aa aa · ooh-ah-ah

Translations (4)

ko 끼끼 (used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey — see also oo oo aa aa) · ja キーキー (used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey — see also oo oo aa aa) · ko 우끼 (used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey — see also oo oo aa aa) · ja ウキー (used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey — see also oo oo aa aa)

Source: en.wiktionary, “ook” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ook en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /uk/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /uːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, onomatopoeic) To make the cry of an ape or monkey.
  2. (ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang, slur) Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense.
    • WASHINGTON -- A California coongressboon ooked today that it would be "preparing the nigger resistance" instead of apetending human President-elect Trump's inauguration. Rep. Barbara Lee (D/Nigger-Calif.) ooked its chimpout in a statement: "I will not be celebrating or honoring an incoming president who rode racism, sexism, xenophobia and bigotry to the White House." 2017 January 16, Rick Mathers, “Sow in Coongress will be preparing for chimpout instead of attending inaguration”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
    • Weird spectacle, to be expected of simians. The grieving mudda is wearing dark sunglasses even though it is night and appears highly medicated, she ooks and eeks and you can tell she is in her glory in front of the cameras. 2014 November 26, Jesse, “'Burn this b---- down!'”, in alt.france (Usenet):
    • On Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:40:40 PM UTC+10, nigger brndy ooked: > You all have AIDS, cock suckers. 2013 April 27, farkya...@live.com, “Im the only normal person on here”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet):
    • Meanwhile, the first nigger interviewed on the scene said she saw the whole thing. She ooked that the "boy" dint do nuffins" . 2015 May 4, Debby teh Dikeman, “Re: NIGGER LOGIC REVISITED”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet):
    • Castle Hill, Bronx … 51-year-old C&R nigger Gary Mallette is wanted for attempted muhdik on an 83-year-old female in her apartment. The nigger posed as a repair-nig and ooked it was going to fix a leak. 2019 March 30, Robert Wolfe, “Catch and release (80 times) nigger assaults an 83 year old woman”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet):
    • Starts ooking and eeking About Slavery, Racism, Hair Salons, etc! 2012 August 19, Trending Now, “Huge Feral Nigger Sheboon Chimps Out at Gas Station”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
    • Ugly disgusting jungle chimp go back to the mudaland Ápefrica u came from u ooking eeking nigger ape piece of shit 2018 June 3, asgo...@gmail.com, “Re: 10 Reasons Why I Hate NIGGERS”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
    • Schenee started getting into chimpouts with its husboon Freddie, and at one point ooked to it: 'The only thing you do is wipe my ass and wash me up'. 2018 April 11, Dindu Nuffin, “Morbidly obese sheboon felt like it was "drowning in her own fat"”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ooks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ooked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ooked Tense=Past lexicographic
ooking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic