English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuk/^[4]; (less commonly:) IPA^(key): /ɡʊk/
• Rhymes: -uk, -ʊk

Noun

gook ‎(plural gooks)

1. (slang, vulgar, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from the Far East, Oceania or Southeast Asia, in particular a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Korean person.

Usage notes

• In the US, gook refers particularly to a Vietnamese person in the context of the Vietnam War, and particularly to the Viet Cong. It is generally considered to be highly offensive, at par with nigger.

Translations

Etymology 2

Possible blend of goop and gunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊk/, /ɡuk/^[4]
• Rhymes: -ʊk, -uk

Noun

gook ‎(plural gooks)

1. (informal) Grime or mud.
   • 1983, Len O'Connor, A Reporter in Sweet Chicago, ISBN 0809276488, page 351:

     "Roost No More" was a yellow gook that Joe's people would spread around, for a fee, on the ledges of houses and commercial buildings plagued by pigeons.

Derived terms

• gooky
• gook up

See also

• gook wagon

References

1. ↑ Dictionary.com
2. ↑ Pearson, Kim, "Gook".
3. ↑ Seligman, Herbert J., "The Conquest of Haiti", The Nation, July 10, 1920.
4. 1 2 “gook” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.