GOOK


Meaning of GOOK in English

/ guːk; NAmE / noun

1.

[ U ] ( informal ) any unpleasant sticky wet substance

2.

[ C ] ( NAmE , taboo , slang ) an offensive word for a person from SE Asia

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WORD ORIGIN

sense 2 1930s: of unknown origin.

sense 1 1970s: variant of guck .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.