Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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gook, n.1 a street-walker, thus v. to work as a protitute.
gook, n.2 1.  a dull, stupid, foolish person; also attrib. 2. a tramp.
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gook, n.3 1. a derog. term for a foreigner, esp. East Asian, e.g. (in chronological order of use) Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese; thus Gookland, Vietnam. 2. any other foreigner. 3. any foreign language.
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gook, n.4 1.  slimy, sticky, dirty viscid matter, also distasteful food. 2.  anything unpleasant; nonsense.
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gook, adj. foreign, spec. Italian or East Asian; by late 20C+ usu. Korean or Vietnamese.
gook-eyed (adv.) stupidly, foolishly, vacantly.
under gook, n.2
gook wagon (n.) an inferior car over-decorated with chrome and accessories.
under gook, n.3
gook up (v.) to smear such a substance on someone.
under gook, n.4
gookum, n. see it must be jelly, ’cause jam don’t shake like that under jelly n.1
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gooky, adj. 1. unpleasantly sticky. 2. in fig. use, awkward.
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