English word origin

Etymology of sook

English from the 14th century, Scottish from the 19th century. From Old English sūcan (“to suck”). See suck.

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Source etymology 1

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verb

Alternative spelling of suck.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

English from the 14th century, Scottish from the 19th century. From Old English sūcan (“to suck”). See suck.

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Inherited-form mentionsūcanang

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Source etymology 2

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intj

A call for calves. · A call for cattle. · A call for cattle or sheep.

noun

Familiar name for a calf. · Familiar name for a cow. · A poddy calf.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Probably from suck. Compare sukey (attested 1838), Sucky (1844), Suke (1850); sook from 1906.

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Source etymology 3

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noun

A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward. · A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Probably from dialectal suck as is Etymology 1 above. Compare 19th century British slang sock (“overgrown baby”), British dialect suckerel (“suckling foal, unweaned child”), Canadian suck (“crybaby”), Canadian suck (“sycophant”). From 1933.

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Source etymology 4

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noun

Alternative spelling of souq (“Arab market”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). From 1926. See souq.

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Root classification mentionس و قar

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Source etymology 5

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noun

A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab (Callinectes sapidus).

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Unknown origin. From Chesapeake Bay, attested as early as 1948.

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