Dook

Onomatopoeic.

Full definition of dook

Verb

1. (of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound.

duck

Verb

1. (dialect) duck
• 1835, James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head...

From Dutch doek ("cloth, fabric, canvas"), from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz ("cloth"), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk- ("cloth"). See also duck (cloth).

Alternative forms

• doock

Noun

1. (UK dialectal) a strong, untwilled linen or cotton.

Derived terms

• dooky
• sail-doock