# chook

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃʊk/ · frequency rank #78,474

## Definitions
1. A chicken, especially a hen.
2. A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
3. A fool.
4. Affectionate name for a person

## Etymology
From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chook