CHOOK Meaning of CHOOK in English [ tʃʊk ](also ~ie ) ■ noun informal, chiefly Austral./NZ1》 a chicken or fowl. 2》 derogatory an older woman.Origin1920s: prob. from Engl. dialect chuck 'chicken', of imitative origin. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004