Usually means: Offensive slur against Asian people.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word gook:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. gook: Merriam-Webster
  2. gook, gook: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gook, gook: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gook: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gook: Vocabulary.com
  6. gook: Wiktionary
  7. gook: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. gook: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. gook: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. gook: Dictionary.com
  11. gook: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Gook (film), Gook (headgear), Gook: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. gook: Rhymezone
  14. gook: FreeDictionary.org
  15. gook: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. gook: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gook: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Gook (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. gook, gook, gook, gook, gook: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See gooking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of (South) East Asian descent; originally a native of the Philippines, but now especially:
noun:  (US, derogatory) A Korean person (especially during the Korean War).
noun:  (US, derogatory) A Vietnamese insurgent in the Vietnam War, particularly a member of the Vietcong.
noun:  (dated, derogatory) A foreigner (to the speaker), especially the (enemy) natives of a place the speaker's military is at war with or in.
noun:  (Rhodesia, derogatory) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
noun:  (informal) Grime or mud.
noun:  (slang) A dull or hapless person.
noun:  (Cornwall) A bonnet (headwear).

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