Jook

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dÊ’uːk/

Origin unknown.

Full definition of jook

Verb

1. (Scotland, northern England) To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
• 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 53:So ye were on the ground and ye just ran round and jooked through the men going up the stairs, some walking, some running, and if ye got into there nobody could get ye.

From Cantonese ç²¥ (juk1)

Noun

1. Congee.
• 2009, February 18, Mark Bittman, Your Morning Pizza, Or it could be that I’ve traveled enough to learn the joys of jook, the Chinese rice porridge also known as congee, which is among my favorite ways to start the day even when seasoned with nothing more than scallions, soy and chopped peanuts...