chook.
A chicken, especially a hen.
Meaning & usage
A chicken, especially a hen.
A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
A fool.
Affectionate name for a person
Where this word comes from
From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.
A call made to chickens.
An imitation of the call of a chicken.
Where this word comes from
From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.
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