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jook [dʒʊk], chook Caribbean informal vb (tr) to poke or puncture (the skin) n
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In Mules and Men she dramatizes her vulnerability by involving her character Zora in a knife fight in a seedy jook [that is, a bar] that she barely escapes unscathed. Getting attention sometimes means going to unusual lengths, such as when the publisher's promotion party for "The Jook," a thriller by Gary Phillips, was held in Phillips' neighborhood barbershop. Hollywood and Highland has also secured agreements with such successful entertainment entrepreneurs as Quincy Jones - who plans to open a restaurant/nightclub called Q's Jook Joint in the complex - and Peter Holmes a Court of theatrical producer Back Row Productions. |
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jook - a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox