- chook
- noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1880 Australian & New Zealand chicken 1
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chook — /chook, choohk/, n. 1. Australian. a hen. 2. Slang. a woman. interj. 3. (used as a call for poultry or pigs.) Also, chookie /chook ee, chooh kee/. [1885 90; cf. Brit. dial. chuck, chook call to poultry, CHUCK3, CHICKEN] * * * … Universalium
chook — chook; chook·ie; … English syllables
chook — /tʃʊk / (say chook) Colloquial –noun 1. a domestic chicken. 2. a chicken slaughtered for eating: a frozen chook; a barbecued chook. 3. chicken meat. 4. Also, old chook. an older woman: silly old chook; a nice old chook. 5. (an affectionate name… …
chook — A domestic fowl. Chook comes from British dialect chuck or chucky chicken , a word imitating a hen s cluck. Australians use chicken to mean the meat of the bird or a baby fowl . Chook is the common term for the live bird, although chook raffles,… … Australian idioms
Chook — 1. domesticated chicken: The chooks got out last night and it took me half an hour to round them all up again ; 2. chicken slaughtered for eating: frozen chooks ; barbecued chook ; 3. chicken meat; 4. woman: a nice old chook ; 5. affectionate… … Dictionary of Australian slang
chook — I Australian Slang 1. domesticated chicken: The chooks got out last night and it took me half an hour to round them all up again ; 2. chicken slaughtered for eating: frozen chooks ; barbecued chook ; 3. chicken meat; 4. woman: a nice old chook ;… … English dialects glossary
chook — UK [tʃʊk] / US noun [countable] Word forms chook : singular chook plural chooks Australian informal a chicken … English dictionary
Chook raffle — is the name given to the Australian tradition of raffling off chicken meat, often in clubs. The name derives from chook , the Australian slang term for a chicken. Most often the chicken is prepared by a butcher, but live chickens are sometimes… … Wikipedia
Chook Sibtain — Occupation Actor Years active 2000–present Chook Sibtain is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Mark Grantham on the Sarah Jane Adventures and as Tarak Ital on the Doctor Who special The Waters of Mars. Contents … Wikipedia
chook raffle — /ˈtʃʊk ræfəl/ (say chook rafuhl) noun 1. a raffle, commonly held in hotels, clubs, etc., in which a frozen chicken is the prize: *The pub next to the old Courier Mail office in Brisbane ran Friday night chook raffles, as did every other pub in… …
chook chaser — /ˈtʃʊk tʃeɪsə/ (say chook chaysuh) noun Colloquial (derogatory) 1. a trail bike or other small road motorcycle. 2. a person who rides such a bike …
