ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sook

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /suːk/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Sook is a verb meaning (Scotland, rare) Familiar name for a calf.

Meaning

(Scotland, rare) Familiar name for a calf.

More Meanings

  1. (US dialectal) Familiar name for a cow.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A poddy calf.
  3. (Scotland) A call for calves.
  4. (US dialectal) A call for cattle.
  5. (Newfoundland) A call for cattle or sheep.
  6. (Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.
  7. Alternative spelling of suck.

Example Sentences

Don't be such a sook.
Ae hour's cauld will sook out seven years' heat.
Sook calf, sook calf, sook calfie, Sook calf, sook calf! […]
‘What a sook! Look at her cry!’ ‘Yeah, look at the Abo cry!’

Word Forms

Synonyms for sook

Depending on context, synonyms include sooky, suck, sucky, scaredy-cat, sissy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include suh, ook, surname, broo, cowie, kyloe.

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