1. A Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
   "She found comfort in a warm bowl of jook on a cold morning";
   - congee
    
2. A small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
   "They spent the evening at a lively jook joint on the outskirts of town"; "They stopped at a jook house for some late-night entertainment";
   - juke [N. Amer, informal], juke joint [N. Amer], jook joint [N. Amer], juke house [N. Amer], jook house [N. Amer]

Derived forms: jooks

Type of: gruel, joint [informal]

Encyclopedia: Jook