First Known Use: 1795
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Chinook
noun Chi·nook \shə-ˈnu̇k, chə-, -ˈnük\
plural Chinook or Chinooks
Definition of CHINOOK
1
: a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth
2
: a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples
3
often not capitalized a : a warm moist southwest wind of the coast from Oregon northward b : a warm dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
4
not capitalized : chinook salmon
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Origin of CHINOOK
Lower Chehalis (Salishan language of western Washington) c̓inúk, name of a Chinook village
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Rhymes with CHINOOK
bankbook, billhook, black book, blue book, boat hook, cant hook, caoutchouc, casebook, chapbook, checkbook, closed book, codebook, cookbook, daybook, duck hook, e-book, fishhook, gang hook, good book, guidebook, handbook, hornbook, hymnbook, Innsbruck, jump hook, logbook, make book, matchbook, mouth hook, nainsook, nonbook, notebook, outlook, passbook, Pembroke, phrase book, playbook, pothook, prayer book, promptbook, psalmbook, schoolbook, scrapbook, sketchbook, skyhook, songbook, sourcebook, studbook, stylebook, textbook, trade book, unhook, white book, Windhoek, wordbook, workbook, yearbook
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