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A derragatory term used against Korean and Vietnamese individuals. The term came about when American troops participating in the Korean war, heard the term "Miguk" which is the Korean word for the United States of America. The term is pronounced similarly to "Me Gook". The Americans thought the Koreans were calling themselves gooks and the name stuck. The name also refers to Vietnamese individuals as American GI's really had no idea what the difference between any Asians were.
The grocery store, the dry cleaners, and the liquor shop are all owned by those damn Gooks.
gook by Gubook Janggoon May 26, 2005
A derogatory term for an Asian person or person of Asian decent. Most notably used in conjunction with the Korean and Vietnam wars, where most GIs would simply refer to thier enemies as Gooks, although it commonly is used as a distasteful slur against any Asian in modern speech.
"Goddamn gooks wont stop comin'! We gun down a whole regiment and another hundred pop up outta nowhere!" (IE Vietnam)

"Hey man, i got new neighbors... Its a bunch of fuckin' Gooks... damn bastards cant drive for shit!" (modern context)
Gook by Peicemaker May 23, 2009
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a racial slur used against asians mostly people of korean and vietnamese descent.
american soldier 1: the only good gook is a dead gook
american soldier 2 : you said it
gook by zipperhead85 June 16, 2009
A term commonaly used in South Florida to describe a person who is Lame.

Synonym for Lame, wack, Fool or Stupid
Kid: Plays with Pokémon Cards*

Person: man, look at this Gook.
Gook by Jatoman February 13, 2017
a foreigner, especially a person of Phillipine, Korean, or Vietnamese descent. also see chink
you fatass gook!
gook by Sam Leisenring May 14, 2015
You A Fucking Gook Bruh , Forreal
Gook by flaweliss July 6, 2015
A word KSI used in a distrack even though he didn't fully understand what it meant
"you ain't sideman you GOOK, deciding when to be a sideman.
Gook by Th3 0utlaw September 9, 2018