ook

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

ook

  1. The cry of a monkey.
    • 1995, Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
      He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me " "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod.
    • 2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata
      The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door.
    • 2014, Victoria Wessex, Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star
      Fingers pinched my eyelashes and lifted one eyelid. I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur. “Ook?” asked the monkey.

Synonyms

Translations


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ook.

Adverb

ook

  1. also
  2. moreover

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːk
  • IPA(key): /oːk/
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Adverb

ook

  1. also, too, moreover
    Dat kan ik ook.I can do that too.
  2. (in negative sentences) either
    Ik kan dat ook niet.I can't do that either.
  3. -ever
    wie dan ookwhoever
    waar ookwherever
  4. particle for emphasis
    Het heeft ook heel lang geduurd.It did take very long.

Descendants


German Low German

Adverb

ook

  1. Alternative form of ok

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English āc, from Proto-Germanic *aiks.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːk/
  • (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA(key): /ɑːk/

Noun

ook (plural ookes)

  1. oak (tree)
    • 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
      The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
      So hidously þat with þe leste strook
      That it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook

Descendants

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