gook
A Korean personA person of (South) East Asian descent (originally revolutionaries of the Katipunan then generally to any native of the Philippines, after the enemy and collaborators hid amongst them), but now especially: A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
Meaning
7 sensesA person of (South) East Asian descent (originally revolutionaries of the Katipunan then generally to any native of the Philippines, after the enemy and collaborators hid amongst them), but now especially:
(US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar)A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
Schlitzauge
узкогла́зыйuzkoglázyj, косоры́лыйkosorýlyj, китаёзаkitajóza
(US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar)A Vietnamese person (including, but not limited to, Vietcong in the Vietnam War).
(dated, derogatory)A foreigner (to the speaker), especially the (enemy) natives of a place the speaker's military is at war with or in.
A foreigner (to the speaker), especially the (enemy) natives of a place the speaker's military is at war with or in.
(Rhodesia, dated, derogatory)A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Grime or mud.
(slang)A dull or hapless person.
(Cornwall)A bonnet (headwear).
- any thick, viscous matter
Translations
6 languagesOrigin
First attested in the 1890s, US military slang in reference to Filipinos (in particular, iFirst attested in the 1890s, US military slang in reference to Filipinos (in particular, it is defined in an 1893 citation in Slang and Its Analogues as referring to prostitutes who followed army camps; it is defined similarly in a 1914 work). The word was used for Nicaraguans during the US military occupation there in the 1910s, and for Haitians during the US invasion there, when Herbert Seligman noted in 1920 that "The Haitians … are nicknamed 'Gooks'".
Possible blend of goop + gunk, or related to gobbledygook.
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