Words that rhyme with chook

n 1: a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" 2: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: book, volume] 3: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record book, book] 4: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance [syn: script, book, playscript] 5: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book] 6: a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game 7: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" [syn: book, rule book] 8: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book] 9: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word] 10: a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" 11: a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" v 1: engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" 2: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" [syn: reserve, hold, book] 3: record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" 4: register in a hotel booker

n 1: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" [syn: brook, creek] v 1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]

n 1: someone who cooks food 2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) [syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook] v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook" 2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare] 3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" 4: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 5: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor] 2: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn] 3: a long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: crook, shepherd's crook] v 1: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" [syn: crook, curve]

n 1: a British peer of the highest rank 2: a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank

n 1: a stroke of luck [syn: good luck, fluke, good fortune] 2: a barb on a harpoon or arrow 3: flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: fluke, flue] 4: either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean 5: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host [syn: fluke, trematode, trematode worm]

n 1: incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists

n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze] 2: (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War) [syn: gook, slant-eye]

n 1: a catch for locking a door 2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: hook, crotchet] 3: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 4: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [syn: hook, claw] 5: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something 6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: hook, draw, hooking] 7: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent 8: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket [syn: hook shot, hook] v 1: fasten with a hook [ant: unhook] 2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge] 3: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" [syn: crochet, hook] 4: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left 5: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom] 6: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] 7: hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly" 8: catch with a hook; "hook a fish" 9: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: addict, hook] 10: secure with the foot; "hook the ball" 11: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" [syn: hook, snare] 12: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost]

n 1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: kook, odd fellow, odd fish, queer bird, queer duck, odd man out]

n 1: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face] 2: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" [syn: look, looking, looking at] 3: physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place" 4: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] v 1: perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" 2: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" [syn: look, appear, seem] 3: have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" 4: search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" [syn: search, look] 5: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back] 6: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see] 7: convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me" 8: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait] 9: accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" 10: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]

n 1: a sheltered and secluded place 2: an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook]

n 1: the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb [syn: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke] v 1: strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn: nuke, atomize, atomise, zap] 2: bomb with atomic weapons [syn: atom-bomb, nuke] 3: cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers" [syn: microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke]

n 1: your personal financial means; "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook" 2: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn: wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook] 3: pocket-sized paperback book [syn: pocketbook, pocket book, pocket edition] 4: a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb" [syn: bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse]

v 1: cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; "precook the rice"

n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 2: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus, puke, barf] v 1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

n 1: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand] v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

n 1: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard [syn: castle, rook] 2: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow [syn: rook, Corvus frugilegus] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]

n 1: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" [syn: schnook, shnook]

n 1: a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

n 1: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook] 2: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre] v 1: frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

v 1: take off a hook [ant: hook]

n 1: (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel [syn: Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke] 2: one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life [syn: Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke]

n 1: large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike

n 1: an open-air market in an Arabian city

n 1: a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean

n 1: German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787) [syn: Gluck, Christoph Willibald von Gluck]

n 1: German composer (1838-1920) [syn: Bruch, Max Bruch]

n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies [syn: chinook, chinook wind, snow eater] 2: a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes 3: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: chinook salmon, chinook, king salmon] 4: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook [syn: Chinookan, Chinook] 5: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha]

v 1: cook too long; "The vegetables were completely overcooked"

n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn: Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke] 2: United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) [syn: Cooke, Jay Cooke]

n 1: English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) [syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]

n 1: English lyric poet (1887-1915) [syn: Brooke, Rupert Brooke]

n 1: an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products [syn: rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc]