Chooks is Australian and New Zealand slang for chickens, especially domestic hens kept for eggs.
The word is informal and affectionate: I need to feed the chooks before dark.
A chook raffle is a common pub fundraiser where the prize is a chicken.
1. housing — coop, Poultry enclosure; henhouse (Poultry dwelling); roost (Bird's sleeping spot); run (Move swiftly on foot); nesting box · waterer · feeder · bedding · perch · free-range · backyard
2. types — hen, Female fowl; pullet (Young female chicken); bantam (Small, feisty chicken); broiler (Top-heat cooking compartment); layer · cockerel · Rhode Island Red
3. behavior — peck, Dry measure or quick kiss; scratch (Superficial wound or mark); forage (Seek food actively); roost (Bird's sleeping spot); brood · nest · dustbath · perch · molt · preen · flock
4. feathers — plumage, Bird's complete feather coat; down (Toward lower ground); quills (Hollow defensive animal spikes); fluffy (Soft and light-textured); molting · preen · hackles · tail feathers · wing clipping
5. sounds — cluck, Hen's throaty call; cackle (Harsh, shrill laugh); squawk (Harsh grating bird cry); crow (Large black corvid); peep · gabble · chatter · warble · coo · gobble
6. eggs — laying, Putting down horizontally; clutch (Mechanism linking engine to gearbox); yolk (Egg's nutrient core); albumen (Clear protein in eggs); shell · hatch · incubation · broody · nesting · eggbound
Opposites
DOMESTICATION STATUSchooks ≠ wild birds; game birds · wildfowl · wild turkeys · pheasants · grouse
PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPchooks ≠ foxes Small wild canines; chicken hawks · hawks · dingoes · snakes · dogs
- Familiarity
- Top 1,000,000
- Profile
- Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G