chook
Meaning
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- (informal) A chicken, especially a hen.
- (informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
- A fool.
- Affectionate name for someone, also a chicken, 'chooky egg': a chicken's egg..
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃʊk/
Etymology
From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.
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