Definition of mook
mook
- Seems to be a New York City synonym for "hood" or "crook." Often heard on network cop shows, e.g. "Law and Order."
NYC cop: I busted a coupla mooks.
- Baltimore MD Used on Homicide; Life on the streets by Detective Lewis.
Will you just look at these mooks?
by p. fitzwater, TX, USA, Jul 01 2002 (Edit definition)
- An insignificant, contemptible person--usually male.
What a fuckin' mook!
by Keith F., Tacoma, WA 98445, USA, Oct 10 2002 (Edit definition)
- an insignificant or contemptible person. Also: A large, clumsy person; oaf. Origin is possibly from the word "jamoke" or "moke."
You're stepping on my foot, you big mook!
by Gene S., Hammond, IN, USA, Jan 10 2003 (Edit definition)
- an oaf, a loud boor, a witlessly enthusiastic fan of insignificant things or events.
noun
- person crappy or half-assed task is given to
there is the wood cut-list mook.
verb
- when said person is assigned a crappy or half-assed duty, given a mindless or boring task; treated as something stepped in by a brain-dead manager type
the front office secretary is cleaning the office fridge...looks like she's been mooked again!
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