Slang a person regarded as stupid, inept, negligible, etc.: a dismissive or contemptuous term
Origin of mook
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps mokemook
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mook
noun
SlangA foolish or contemptible person.
Origin of mook
Probably alteration of mokeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural mooks)
- A disagreeable or incompetent person.
Origin
mook jung (Cantonese for "dead wood" or "wooden dummy").
Noun
(plural mooks)
- (slang, forensic accounting) A manipulated or rigged set of business accounting ledgers.
Origin
Blend of manipulated and books (usually used in plural)
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