Synonyms of the word

jook

• v. (Scotland, Northern England) To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
• n. A quick movement to evade something.
• n. A bow or curtsey.
• n. Congee.
• n. Alternative form of juke (“roadside cafe or bar, esp. with dancing”).
• n. (informal, Scotland) A shirtfront; the front of a jumper or t-shirt (sometimes spelled juke).

congee

• n. Leave, formal permission for some action, originally and particularly.
• n. (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figuratively) any dismissal, (originally and particularly humorously ironic)…
• n. (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figuratively) any farewell.
• n. (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
• n. (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting…
• v. (archaic) To give congee, particularly.
• v. (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
• v. (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., particularly (dialectical) while leaving; (figuratively)…
• n. (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

gruel

• n. A thin, watery porridge, formerly fed to the poor.
• v. (transitive) To exhaust; use up; disable.

joint

• adj. Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
• n. The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
• n. The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
• n. (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be…
• n. The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
• n. A cut of meat.
• n. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
• n. (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
• n. (chiefly US slang, somewhat pejorative) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality…
• n. (slang, with the definite article) prison.
• n. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
• v. (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together.
• v. (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
• v. (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
• v. (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into…
• v. (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.

juke

• n. (Southern US) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
• v. to play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
• v. (slang) to hit.
• v. (prison slang) to stab.
• v. To deceive or outmaneuver (someone) using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
• v. To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
• n. A feint.
• n. The neck of a bird.