Example sentences for: dook

How can you use “dook” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • American English removes the y- from the yu- sound when it turns new and duke into noo and dook.

  • King Edward VIII used to irritate his father, George V, by pronouncing lady as “LIDY” (to rhyme with tidy ), and when he became Duke of Windsor he further upset everyone by following his wife's pronunciation of Duke as “DOOK.”

  • The connotation of gifted artistic performance, however, might stem from the gypsy culture in Andalusia whose dialect, caló , has words like duquende (possibly from the Russian dook ) meaning `spirit or ghost,' and duquendio , meaning `maestro.


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