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jook

(jo͞ok, jo͝ok)

n. & v.

Variant of juke¹.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

jook

(dʒʊk) or

chook

(tr) to poke or puncture (the skin)

a jab or the resulting wound

[C20: of uncertain origin]

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jook

Past participle: jooked
Gerund: jooking

Imperative
jook
jook

Present
I jook
you jook
he/she/it jooks
we jook
you jook
they jook

Preterite
I jooked
you jooked
he/she/it jooked
we jooked
you jooked
they jooked

Present Continuous
I am jooking
you are jooking
he/she/it is jooking
we are jooking
you are jooking
they are jooking

Present Perfect
I have jooked
you have jooked
he/she/it has jooked
we have jooked
you have jooked
they have jooked

Past Continuous
I was jooking
you were jooking
he/she/it was jooking
we were jooking
you were jooking
they were jooking

Past Perfect
I had jooked
you had jooked
he/she/it had jooked
we had jooked
you had jooked
they had jooked

Future
I will jook
you will jook
he/she/it will jook
we will jook
you will jook
they will jook

Future Perfect
I will have jooked
you will have jooked
he/she/it will have jooked
we will have jooked
you will have jooked
they will have jooked

Future Continuous
I will be jooking
you will be jooking
he/she/it will be jooking
we will be jooking
you will be jooking
they will be jooking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been jooking
you have been jooking
he/she/it has been jooking
we have been jooking
you have been jooking
they have been jooking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been jooking
you will have been jooking
he/she/it will have been jooking
we will have been jooking
you will have been jooking
they will have been jooking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been jooking
you had been jooking
he/she/it had been jooking
we had been jooking
you had been jooking
they had been jooking

Conditional
I would jook
you would jook
he/she/it would jook
we would jook
you would jook
they would jook

Past Conditional
I would have jooked
you would have jooked
he/she/it would have jooked
we would have jooked
you would have jooked
they would have jooked

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Noun	1.	jook - a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast congee gruel - a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
	2.	jook - a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox jook house, jook joint, juke, juke house, juke joint joint - a disreputable place of entertainment

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