Meaning of gook | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A 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
2. A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
   US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar
3. Grime or mud.
   countable, informal, uncountable
4. A dull or hapless person.
   slang
5. A bonnet (headwear).
   Cornwall
6. A Vietnamese person (including, but not limited to, Vietcong in the Vietnam War).
   US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar
7. A foreigner (to the speaker), especially the (enemy) natives of a place the speaker's military is at war with or in.
   dated, derogatory
8. A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
   Rhodesia, dated, derogatory

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Examples

“A few days later he had a 'damned good party' at NORMASH, drinking brandy, and he then 'beat up a Gook [Korean] village.' This resulted in an 'awful hangover all day', […] Later, he walked back to his unit, alone at three o'clock in the morning, having 'swiped a Gook torch.'”

“Of course, I've got so many confirmed kills I lost count. Nobody believes me because the gooks drag off their dead.”

“"Haiti is a country with a history, […]" "but how about the Marines, and the gendarmerie; aren't they on the job?" […] "You know darn well a civilian can't get away with handling a gook like a Marine can; […]"”

“In scenes [in Flight, 1929] based on the Marines' slaughter of several hundred Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Ocotal in July 1927, the two heroes, who are rivals for the hand of a vivacious nurse (Lila Lee), repeatedly attack the "gooks" in support of their comrades on the ground.”

“"But shit, man, don't we do a fucking good job of it. Jesus, we slew long gooks this last trip," quipped Mark.”

“"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.”

“the poor old gook was spitting blood”

“Some say 'Mar Teazer do live in pattens and gook; must go to bed in 'em I'm thinking!”

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