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verb · intransitive · rare

ook

ook · ooks · ooked · ooking

To make the cry of an ape or monkeyTo make the cry of an ape or monkey.

UK/uːk/US/uk/

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive, onomatopoeic)To make the cry of an ape or monkey.
(ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang, slur)Of a black person: to speak gibberish or nonsense.

Origin

Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

Imitative of the cry of an ape or monkey.

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Forms

ooks, ooking, ooked, ooked

Base form	ook · to ook
3rd person singular	ooks
Present participle	ooking
Past simple	ooked
Past participle	ooked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	ook
he, she, it	ooks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

ooked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have ooked
he, she, it	has ooked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will ook

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

onwards ooh oolong oooh

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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