mook

See also: mõõk and Mook

English

Etymology 1

From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”);[1] a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”);[2] Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muːk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːk

Noun

mook (plural mooks)

  1. (slang, US, chiefly Northern US) A disagreeable or incompetent person.[3]
  2. (colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.
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References
  1. J.E. Lighter, Random House Dictionary of American Slang, vol. II, 1987.
  2. Jonathon Green Green's Dictionary of Slang https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/jslxr4y
  3. Killing the Mook and Midriff

Etymology 2

Blend of magazine +‎ book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʊk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊk

Noun

mook (plural mooks)

  1. A book published in the form factor of a magazine.
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References
  1. Cannon, Garland (2000) The Innovative Attraction of English‎, Associated University Presses, →ISBN, page 237

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Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈʔok/, [moˈʔok]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ok

Noun

moók (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜂᜃ᜔)

  1. fierce fighting; hand-to-hand battle

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See also

Further reading
  • “mook”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Totontepec Mixe

Noun

mook

  1. cob, corn.
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