1. A thick porridge or congee made from rice boiled in water or broth, often served with meat, vegetables, or seasonings.
Usage: Common in Asian cuisine, particularly Chinese and Southeast Asian cooking.; Also spelled 'juke' or 'zhou'.

1. To cook rice into a thick porridge by boiling it in water or broth.
Usage: Transitive verb; typically used with rice as the object.

Examples

• She prepared a warm bowl of jook for breakfast.
• Jook is a comforting dish often eaten when someone is sick.
• The restaurant serves jook with chicken and ginger.
• My grandmother jooks the rice slowly over low heat.
• Plain jook can be topped with green onions and soy sauce.
• They jook the leftover rice to make a creamy porridge.