chook


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chook

(tʃʊk)
vb
See jook
n
1. (Animals) informal Also called: chookie Austral a hen or chicken
2. informal Austral a woman, esp a more mature one
interj
3. Austral an exclamation used to attract chickens
4. he couldn't raffle a chook in a pub he is incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks
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chook


Past participle: chooked
Gerund: chooking

Imperative
chook
chook
Present
I chook
you chook
he/she/it chooks
we chook
you chook
they chook
Preterite
I chooked
you chooked
he/she/it chooked
we chooked
you chooked
they chooked
Present Continuous
I am chooking
you are chooking
he/she/it is chooking
we are chooking
you are chooking
they are chooking
Present Perfect
I have chooked
you have chooked
he/she/it has chooked
we have chooked
you have chooked
they have chooked
Past Continuous
I was chooking
you were chooking
he/she/it was chooking
we were chooking
you were chooking
they were chooking
Past Perfect
I had chooked
you had chooked
he/she/it had chooked
we had chooked
you had chooked
they had chooked
Future
I will chook
you will chook
he/she/it will chook
we will chook
you will chook
they will chook
Future Perfect
I will have chooked
you will have chooked
he/she/it will have chooked
we will have chooked
you will have chooked
they will have chooked
Future Continuous
I will be chooking
you will be chooking
he/she/it will be chooking
we will be chooking
you will be chooking
they will be chooking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chooking
you have been chooking
he/she/it has been chooking
we have been chooking
you have been chooking
they have been chooking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chooking
you will have been chooking
he/she/it will have been chooking
we will have been chooking
you will have been chooking
they will have been chooking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chooking
you had been chooking
he/she/it had been chooking
we had been chooking
you had been chooking
they had been chooking
Conditional
I would chook
you would chook
he/she/it would chook
we would chook
you would chook
they would chook
Past Conditional
I would have chooked
you would have chooked
he/she/it would have chooked
we would have chooked
you would have chooked
they would have chooked
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
References in classic literature ?
Joe replied, as she now replied, "Oh, Un - cle Pum - ble - chook! This IS kind!" Every Christmas Day, he retorted, as he now retorted, "It's no more than your merits.
"Go 'way, Chook!" he cried, but Buck refused to budge.
Talking about the dish I smiled when Neil called the bird a chook (as they say in Oz).
Matthew Chook at Core is co-listing the apartment with Brown Harris Stevens at $8,995,000.
He was in on Friday, Thursday and earlier in the week." And while his Black Card is pending (a loyalty card for celebs only - sorry plebs), Liam blagged a free meal for himself and his mates by promising to help cook up some chook when he's next there...
The shared vegetable garden and chook house at Munro Court create a wonderful community feel while privacy (one of the key design principles) is maintained by the freestanding houses and garden design.
Unable to stop bragging about himself, the chook catches the eye of crocodile who decides to find out what a Funky Chicken tastes like.
Women were slightly more likely than men to call their partner Babes, while men were much more likely to call their lover the 9th and 10th most popular responses - Chook and Pumpkin.
Children can read along with poems such as "Chook, Chook," while learning about sounds and repetition of poetic forms as they share the reading.