gook

gook
gook1
/gook, goohk/, n. Informal.
1. guck.
2. makeup, esp. when thickly applied: She looks ridiculous with all that gook around her eyes.
[expressive word, perh. b. GOO and MUCK; cf. GUCK]
gook2
/goohk/, n. Slang (disparaging and offensive).
1. a native of Southeast Asia or the South Pacific, esp. when a member of an enemy military force.
2. any dark-skinned foreigner, esp. one from the Middle East.
3. anyone who is offensive to others because of stupidity, coarseness, etc.
[1930-35; of uncert. orig; cf. earlier googoo, gugu, as opprobrious term for a Filipino, and perh. comparable relationship of KOOK to CUCKOO]

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