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to dook

to dook

9.9
To dip briefly into water to cool off
  • verb
  • UK
: chapuzón
  • After a long hike, they decided to dook their heads under the refreshing waterfall.

Examples

Synonyms

to dunk
vsto dook
21 2.7

To dip something quickly into a liquid, often food

is a brief plunge into water mainly for bathing
to take a dip
vsto dook
  • Jargon
9 2.8

To go into the water for a short time to swim or cool off

is a brief plunge often used in Scots dialect
to duck
vsto dook
1 2.7

To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out

is a brief plunge often for bathing or quick immersion

How Deep

to submerge
23 3.9
to immerse
13 4.2
to dook
  • UK
9.9
to dunk
21 2.7
to wet
27 1.0
to moisten
15 3.0

Surface Forms

dook infinitive
dooked past
dooked past participle
dooking present participle
dooks third person singular

Etymology

Dook as a verb comes from Scots and means 'to dip' or to plunge briefly, much like the common word dunk, so to dook is to take a quick dip into the water.