chook

Definitions

1. A chicken, especially a hen.
   Australia, New-Zealand, informal
2. A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
   Australia, New-Zealand, informal
3. A fool.
   Australia, dated
4. Affectionate name for a person
   Australia, Northern-England
5. A chicken.
   Northern-England

Equivalents

4 more languages

Bosanskiput

Hrvatskiput

Kurdîpût

Српскиput

Examples

“Worm chickens once every three months and, if an occasional lice problem occurs, spray the inside of the chook shed⟳ with Coopex.”

“2006, Judith Brett, The Chook in the Australian Unconscious, in Peter Beilharz, Robert Manne, Reflected Light⟳: La Trobe Essays, page 329, This little book, with its meticulous pencil drawings of chooks in mechanical contraptions and photos to show⟳ the machine in operation with a white leghorn called Gregory Peck, is evidence of both the sadism inspired by the chook′s comparatively flightless fate and the laughter we use⟳ to defend⟳ ourselves against the knowledge of that sadism.”

“She decided to dig⟳ her way under the fence into their chook house and had great fun running around and biting the necks of about eight chooks and leaving them half-dead and bleeding. The neighbour was furious, and unfortunately it was Dad′s birthday, so when he arrived home from work⟳, Mum said ‘Happy birthday and^([sic]) darling. Guess⟳ what? Your dog has half-killed most of the neighbour′s chooks.”

“Letting your chooks clean⟳ the compost of curl grubs will make⟳ it fairly safe to put⟳ on the garden.”

“Chooky egg”

Chicken's egg.

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