intj
Meaning 1
A call made to chickens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chook
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/t͡ʃʊk/
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rhymes with -ʊk
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: CH UH1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: CH UW1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
intj
Meaning 2
An imitation of the call of a chicken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A chicken, especially a hen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal
Examples
- 2006, Judith Brett, The Chook in the Australian Unconscious, in Peter Beilharz, Robert Manne, Reflected Light: La Trobe Essays, page 329, This little book, with its meticulous pencil drawings of chooks in mechanical contraptions and photos to show the machine in operation with a white leghorn called Gregory Peck, is evidence of both the sadism inspired by the chook′s comparatively flightless fate and the laughter we use to defend ourselves against the knowledge of that sadism.
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noun
Meaning 4
A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal
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noun
Meaning 5
A fool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, dated
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noun
Meaning 6
Affectionate name for a person
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Northern-England
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History
Etymology
From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: put — call made to chickens