Any member of the deer family, such as moose, elk or deer. Often an expression of surprise upon spotting a deer or moose in an unexpected environment. Mook may be a contraction of, "Moose! Look!" Mook is of uncertain origin, but may have its roots in baby talk. Mook is an expression used more commonly by city dwellers than country folk.
Look at that mook eating up the neighbor's prize fruit trees!
At the cabin: "What's that animal in the field?" "I dunno. Some kind of mook!"
That mook would make good eating!
Mook meat tastes gamey.
At the cabin: "What's that animal in the field?" "I dunno. Some kind of mook!"
That mook would make good eating!
Mook meat tastes gamey.
by Rosalita Franconi August 29, 2010
by mookfest December 9, 2008
by lilllyy August 29, 2009
by Keyna August 15, 2003
Mook (noun) Originally referred to an Italian-American male; similar to Mick in reference to an Irish-American male; Modern use extends beyond ethnicity, gender, and income levels to refer to a average person inclined not to be athletically or mentally gifted, especially in the moment or during a particular situation. Mook is used as either a humorous (knucklehead) or derrogative (jerk) expression of humanistic imperfection or inappropriatness, such as to describe a person's clumsiness or loudness. The word is most often heard in the NE region of the United States, particularly New York City, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, and Boston.
Hear "What a mook!" in a ballpark when a baseball player drops an easy fly ball or to describe a person having no worldly knowledge beyond his neighborhood. Two brothers reply "...because we are just a couple of Mooks!" when asked why after graduating from elite universities they ended up doing PBS talk radio about automobile repairs. The word mook is best applied with a Bronx, Philly, or New Jersey shore accent.
by DLGeary February 13, 2011
by jprikas December 26, 2006