mook

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/muːk/
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/muːk/ · /mʊk/

Definition of mook

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Northern-US, US, slang)A disagreeable or incompetent person.
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noun

  1. (Northern-US, US, slang)A disagreeable or incompetent person.
  2. (colloquial)An anonymous foe that appears in large numbers and is readily dispatched by the hero.
  3. A book published in the form factor of a magazine.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); 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”).

Anagrams of mook

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Words you can make from mook

4 playable · top: OK (6 pts)

Best play ok 6 points

3-letter words

1 word

2-letter words

2 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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