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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”);[1] a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”);[2] Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).
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Noun[edit]
mook (plural mooks)
- (slang, US, chiefly Northern US) A disagreeable or incompetent person.[3]
- (colloquial, gaming) An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.
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- ^ J.E. Lighter, Random House Dictionary of American Slang, vol. II, 1987.
- ^ Jonathon Green Green's Dictionary of Slang https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/jslxr4y
- ^ Killing the Mook and Midriff
Etymology 2[edit]
Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).[1]
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Noun[edit]
mook (plural mooks)
- A book published in the form factor of a magazine.
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Tagalog[edit]
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Noun[edit]
moók (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜂᜃ᜔)
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Further reading[edit]
- “mook”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Totontepec Mixe[edit]
Noun[edit]
mook
- cob, corn.
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