jouk
Verb
To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.
Usage- Northern-England
- Scotland
- Intransitive
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More examples (1)
[H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek, / And broken Smatters of the Hebrevv ſpeak; / And in the Latin he is nicely read; / Can ſcrape and jouk; then is not he vvell bred?
Dry stream channels descend the bare slopes into the valley floor, jouking this way and that to dodge tall extrusions of rock.
Word forms
jouksjoukingjoukedjoukedjookjuke