Definition of "jook" []

• Variant of juke1. (noun)

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• "Congee is called "jook," so maybe next time I should use that word when I confound the folks in Chinatown."
• "Koreans also eat a kind of rice porridge jook which is similar to Chinese jook or congee, but made with short grain rice."
• "Last winter, I made fresh pumpkin puree for the first time, and used a lot of the then golden-orange pulp right away to make breads, muffins, soups, and a korean porridge called ho-bahk jook "ho-bahk" means squash, and "jook" refers to any type of porridge, typically made with rice."