Jook — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast

a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈʊk/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈʊk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈʊk/

1 syllable Say it as /dʒˈʊk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

juke juke joint jook joint jook house congee juke house

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Witz

ein chinesischer Reisbrei, der zum Frühstück gegessen wird

🇫🇷French

plaisanter

une bouillie de riz chinoise consommée au petit-déjeuner

🇪🇸Spanish

jock

una papilla de arroz china que se come en el desayuno

🇵🇹Portuguese

piada

um mingau de arroz chinês comido no café da manhã

🇷🇺Russian

шутка

китайская рисовая каша на завтрак

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जूक

नाश्ते में खाया जाने वाला चीनी चावल का दलिया

🇧🇩Bengali

কৌতুক

প্রাতঃরাশের জন্য খাওয়া একটি চাইনিজ রাইস গ্রুয়েল

🇮🇳Tamil

நகைச்சுவை

ஒரு சீன அரிசி கூழ் காலை உணவாக உண்ணப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

జోక్

ఒక చైనీస్ రైస్ గ్రూల్ అల్పాహారం కోసం తింటారు

🇮🇳Marathi

विनोद

न्याहारीसाठी खाल्लेला चिनी तांदूळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

મજાક

ચાઇનીઝ ચોખાના દાણા નાસ્તામાં ખાવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಮಾಷೆ

ಉಪಾಹಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ತಿನ್ನಲಾದ ಚೈನೀಸ್ ರೈಸ್ ಗ್ರೂಲ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

തമാശ

പ്രാതലിന് കഴിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ചൈനീസ് റൈസ് ഗ്രൂൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਜ਼ਾਕ

ਨਾਸ਼ਤੇ ਲਈ ਖਾਧਾ ਇੱਕ ਚੀਨੀ ਚੌਲਾਂ ਦਾ ਜੂੜਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

مذاق

ناشتے میں کھایا جانے والا ایک چینی چاول

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乔克

早餐吃的中国米粥

🇯🇵Japanese

ジョーク

朝食に食べる中華粥

🇰🇷Korean

농담

아침 식사로 먹는 중국 죽

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trò đùa

cháo Trung Quốc ăn vào bữa sáng

🇹🇭Thai

จุก

ข้าวต้มแบบจีนกินเป็นอาหารเช้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

bercanda

bubur nasi Cina dimakan untuk sarapan

🇵🇭Filipino

joke

isang Chinese rice gruel na kinakain para sa almusal

🇲🇾Malay

lawak

bubur nasi cina dimakan untuk sarapan pagi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نكتة

عصيدة الأرز الصيني تؤكل على الفطور

🇮🇷Persian

شوخی

یک کباب برنج چینی که برای صبحانه خورده می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

şaka

kahvaltıda yenen bir Çin pirinç lapası

🇮🇱Hebrew

בדיחה

דייסה סינית שאוכלים לארוחת הבוקר

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