Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
chook
A domestic fowl or chicken.
In a sentence
We roasted a chook for Sunday lunch.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre records chook as a characteristic Australian word, from British dialect chuck(y), with Australian evidence from the nineteenth century.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established