jook

English Definition

pierce, prick, poke, prod, stick (poke)

Etymology

• (From Fula jukka. Compare Bahamian Creole jook, Nigerian Pidgin chook, Sranan Tongo dyuku, Grenadian Creole English djuck (“to stab”).)

Examples

• "'Im jook mi inna mi yeye."

  He poked me in the eye.

• "Ow! Macca jook mi (inna mi foot bottom)."

  Ouch! I stepped on a thorn.

• "I jook him wit' de cutlass."

  I prodded him with the machete.

• "Shi jook im wid it."

  She stabbed him with it.

• "Jook two time."

  Thrust twice.

• "“He should have grabbed for the best mouldy carnival costume, selected his best wining partner and taken to the streets in an attempt to jook and jam his problems away. […]”"

  When I fucked her with it, she cried out for Jesus.

• "When mi jook har pum pum wid it, she bawl out fi Jeezas."