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sook

/suːk/verb, noun, interjection

sook is a verb meaning “Alternative spelling of suck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-O-O-K, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does sook mean?

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of suck.

noun

  1. 1

    ScotlandrareFamiliar name for a calf.

  2. 2

    USFamiliar name for a cow.

  3. 3

    AustraliaA poddy calf.

  4. 4

    AustraliaderogatoryslangA crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.

    Don't be such a sook.

  5. 5

    AustraliaslangA sulk or complaint; an act of sulking.

    I was so upset that I went home and had a sook about it.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    Alternative spelling of souq (“Arab market”).

interjection

  1. 1

    ScotlandA call for calves.

    Sook calf, sook calf, sook calfie, Sook calf, sook calf! […]

  2. 2

    USA call for cattle.

  3. 3

    A call for cattle or sheep.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce sook?

  • /suːk/
  • /sʊk/
  • /sʉk/
  • /suk/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sook.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of sook

  • sooks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • sooking participle, present
  • sooked participle, past
  • suck
  • suke

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is sook?

Sook appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with sook

Also written: suck.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Where does sook come from?

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

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).