ook meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

ook

intj

UK /uːk/ · US /uk/

Etymology Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Onomatopoeic Used to represent the sound of the cry of an ape or monkey.

He tapped the Librarian on the shoulder. "Excuse me —" "Ook?" "Those guys just called you a monkey," said Glod.1995, Terry Pratchett, Soul Music:
The irate ape cries, "Ook ook! Ai ai ai!" He springs off the edge of the stone basin, clawing Cantare across the face and bursting through the door.2004, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata:

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Fingers pinched my eyelashes and lifted one eyelid. I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur. “Ook?” asked the monkey.2014, Victoria Wessex, Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star:

verb

Etymology Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Onomatopoeic To make the cry of an ape or monkey.

Ethnic, Offensive, Slang, Slur Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense.

Starts ooking and eeking About Slavery, Racism, Hair Salons, etc!2012 August 19, Trending Now, “Huge Feral Nigger Sheboon Chimps Out at Gas Station”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
On Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:40:40 PM UTC+10, nigger brndy ooked: > You all have AIDS, cock suckers.2013 April 27, farkya...@live.com, “Im the only normal person on here”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet):

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Weird spectacle, to be expected of simians. The grieving mudda is wearing dark sunglasses even though it is night and appears highly medicated, she ooks and eeks and you can tell she is in her glory in front of the cameras.2014 November 26, Jesse, “'Burn this b---- down!'”, in alt.france (Usenet):
Meanwhile, the first nigger interviewed on the scene said she saw the whole thing. She ooked that the "boy" dint do nuffins" .2015 May 4, Debby teh Dikeman, “Re: NIGGER LOGIC REVISITED”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet):
WASHINGTON -- A California coongressboon ooked today that it would be "preparing the nigger resistance" instead of apetending human President-elect Trump's inauguration. Rep. Barbara Lee (D/Nigger-Calif.) ooked its chimpout in a statement: "I will not be celebrating or honoring an incoming president who rode racism, sexism, xenophobia and bigotry to the White House."2017 January 16, Rick Mathers, “Sow in Coongress will be preparing for chimpout instead of attending inaguration”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
Schenee started getting into chimpouts with its husboon Freddie, and at one point ooked to it: 'The only thing you do is wipe my ass and wash me up'.2018 April 11, Dindu Nuffin, “Morbidly obese sheboon felt like it was "drowning in her own fat"”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet):