mook

See also: mõõk and Mook

English

Etymology 1

From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːk

Noun

mook (plural mooks)

1. (slang, US, chiefly Northern US) A disagreeable or incompetent person.
2. (colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.

Derived terms

• mookish

Translations

disagreeable person

• Finnish: mäntti (fi)
• Mandarin: 木 (zh) (mù)

Etymology 2

Blend of magazine +‎ book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊk

Noun

mook (plural mooks)

1. A book published in the form factor of a magazine.

Synonyms

• bookazine
• mag book

Translations

type of book

• Japanese: ムック (ja) (mukku)

See also

• mook jong

Anagrams

• moko

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• muok

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈʔok/ [moˈʔok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: mo‧ok

Noun

moók (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜂᜃ᜔)

1. fierce fighting; hand-to-hand battle

Derived terms

• pamook

 

See also

• book

 

Further reading

• “mook”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Totontepec Mixe

Noun

mook

1. cob, corn.