Meanings
mook1
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Origin
mook · noun
- Italianmammalucco“fool”
- GermanMocke
- Dutchmok
- Irishmuc“pig”
- Englishmook
From the 1930s, origin unknown. Suggestions include a variant of British slang moke (“donkey”); a variant of US slang mooch (“a sponger, beggar, idler”); Irish muc (“pig”); Dutch mok, German Mocke, Mucke (both dialectal for “sow” and hence “slovenly or bothersome woman/person”); a corruption of Italian mammalucco (“fool”, literally “mamluk”).
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Full word history & related roots →mook · noun
- Japaneseムック
- Englishmook
Blend of magazine + book, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ムック (mukku).
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Chinese Mandarin 木, 書誌 /书志
- 木 (mù)disagreeable person
- 書誌 /书志 (shūzhì)type of book
- 雜誌書 /杂志书 (zázhìshū)type of book
Finnish mäntti
- mänttidisagreeable person
Japanese ムック
- ムック (mukku)type of book
Polish idiota, idiotka
- idiotadisagreeable person
- idiotkadisagreeable person
- głupekdisagreeable person
- mooktype of book
Spanish mook
- mooktype of book
Thai ลูกกระจ๊อก
- ลูกกระจ๊อกgaming: An anonymous foe
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mook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mook
“mook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mook.
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