stook

Meaning

Noun

1. A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
2. (specifically) A group of six or eight sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, largely obsolete since the advent of combine harvesters and powered grain driers (mid 20th century).
3. (obsolete, slang) A handkerchief.

Verb

To make stooks.

Synonyms

shock

⚡

stack

rick

drift

hayrick

heap

hoard

mass

pile

shoal

stuck

tumulus

hay stack

cluster

hay cock

collection

crop

Translations

Haufen

Hocke

Puppe

σωρός

θημωνιά

tas

moyette

bica

covone

montón

hacina

tresnal

başak demetleri

büyük mısır demeti

demetleri kümelemek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stʊk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stowk

Cognate with Western Frisian: stûkje

Cognate with Dutch: stuiken

Cognate with German: stauchen

Cognate with Swedish: stuka

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: stauka

In summary

From Middle English stowk, stouke, stouc, from or cognate with Middle Low German stûke (“bundle of grain”), from Middle Low German stûken (“to push, bump, compress”), from Old Saxon *stūkan, from Proto-Germanic *stūkaną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to pound, push, beat”).
Cognate with West Frisian stûkje (“to pile up, stop”), Dutch stuiken (“to bundle, stamp”), German stauchen (“to compress”), Swedish stuka (“to rick, wrench, upset”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to whack, chop”).