dook

== English == === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Verb ==== dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dooking, simple past and past participle dooked) (of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== dook (plural dooks) A certain clucking sound made by ferrets. === Etymology 2 === From duck. ==== Verb ==== dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dooking, simple past and past participle dooked) (dialect) Alternative form of duck. ===== Descendants ===== Welsh: dowcio (“to plunge, to dive”) === Etymology 3 === From Dutch doek (“cloth, fabric, canvas”), from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk- (“cloth”). See also duck (cloth). ==== Alternative forms ==== doock ==== Noun ==== dook (countable and uncountable, plural dooks) (UK dialectal) A strong, untwilled linen or cotton. ===== Derived terms ===== dooky sail-doock === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== dook (plural dooks) (Scotland) A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc. === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== dook (uncountable) (slang) dookie; feces === Etymology 6 === ==== Noun ==== dook (plural dooks) (mining, historical, Scotland, northern England) A heading or roadway following the dip of the strata. === Etymology 7 === ==== Noun ==== dook (plural dooks) Eye dialect spelling of duke (“a fist”). ===== References ===== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === doko, kodo == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oːk === Verb === dook singular past indicative of duiken == Komo == === Noun === dook weaverbird === References === RWC Workshop (eds.). 2015. Komo – English Dictionary. SIL International. == Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English douken. More at English duck. ==== Noun ==== dook (plural dooks) duck (act of ducking) bathe ==== Verb ==== dook (third-person singular simple present dooks, present participle dookin, simple past and past participle dookit) to duck to bathe === Etymology 2 === From Dutch doek (“cloth, linen, garment”). More at English duck (“canvas”). ==== Alternative forms ==== doock (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== dook (plural dooks) A strong, untwilled linen or cotton fabric; duck ===== Derived terms ===== sail-doock dooky == Tetum == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zauq, compare Malay jauh. === Adverb === dook far