Jouk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Jouk is a verb meaning (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.
Meaning
(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.
Example Sentences
Dry stream channels descend the bare slopes into the valley floor, jouking this way and that to dodge tall extrusions of rock.
[H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek, / And broken Smatters of the Hebrevv ſpeak; / And in the Latin he is nicely read; / Can ſcrape and jouk; then is not he vvell bred?
Word Forms
- jouks
- jouking
- jouked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jook, juke, dodge, jaup, jink, jock.
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