mook

noun

slang
: a foolish, insignificant, or contemptible person

Examples of mook in a Sentence

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Young mooks from Brooklyn were trying to start trouble, demanding protection money. Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024 Amid a dire late ‘90s music scene dominated by teen-pop and mook-rock, Rage delivered real-deal oomph. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 18 July 2022 Or how despite being among the most legendary sing-alongs in rock history -- epochal enough that even a mook like Fred Durst knows all the words -- the song's chorus only appears once in the entire song. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2017

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of moke

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mook was in 1930

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“Mook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mook. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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