plook

plook

(plʊk)
n
(Pathology) Scot a variant spelling of plouk
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plook

n (Scot inf: = pimple, zit) → Pickel m
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DONOVAN "Ya wanwit willyart!" DAHL "You witless weed!" DONOVAN "Ya tattie-heidit torag!" DAHL "You empty-headed hamster!" DONOVAN: "Ya slabbery snotter!" DAHL "You stupid glob of glue!" DONOVAN "This eejit, this knurl, this beelin blype, this pizenous plook." DAHL "This clot, this blackhead, this foul carbuncle, this poisonous pustule."
Translating Dahl insults into Scots is the best part of the jibe; AUTHOR REVEALS JOY OVER WORKING ON KIDS' CLASSIC; Writer There were so many putdowns I could have used
Factor Loadings Factor 1 PFEELS .974 PLOOK.S .967 P_P .963 R_P .961 PDOES .961 PINTERES .687
THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE ANIMA-ANIMUS CONTINUUM SCALE
The twenty lexical items are as follows: quine, lug, cloot, pooch, neep, lum, dubs, briks, simmit, bairns, oxter, scurry, loon, preen, tatties, slivers, plook, kirk, bosie, een.
Dialect in the modern languages classroom: a bidialectal approach
PLOOK back though history and you'll find any number of giant-sized ricks which you can be sure the perpetrators felt pretty silly about afterwards.
Sven will the Swede bashers see sense?
These days we have TVs that are so good you can see a plook on a pretty Sky Sports News presenter's nose.
The three stands at Easter Road, belting out Sunshine on Leith was hair-on-the-back of the neck stuff.pity we couldn't even up periscope to see it; Forget the Proclaimers, I can see Rugby Park from here
It last won the trophy - known as the Plook on the Plynth - in 2001 but the judges said Cumbernauld had made no progress and now resembled a "ghetto".
TOP OF THE TIPS 2; Cumbernauld wins Scotland's ugliest town title.. again
ON THE PLOOK OUT And it's not just youngsters who have worries about acne
Bursting with help when you have got a spot of bother; Vital health Over-35s turning to acne experts in record numbers in bid to get rid of their pimples
"Aberdeen has taken its eye off the ball – Editor of Urban Realm magazine John Glenday explains why they gave the Granite City their Plook on a Plinth award for the most dismal town in Scotland
Word of the week
The Lanarkshire town scooped the Plook on the Plinth honour in the annual Carbuncle Awards run by business magazine Unlimited.
What's it called? Carbuncle-nauld
Which city has been named Scotland's most dismal place in the Plook on the Plinth Carbuncle awards?
Quiz of the week; Posers and puzzles
ABERDEEN has won this year's Plook on a Plinth award for the most dismal town in Scotland.
City gets plook on a plinth
It won the Plook on the Plinth award for its miserable shopping centre, deserted pedestrian precinct and badly-refurbished sheriff court.
'DISMAL' AIRDRIE IS TOWN IN THE DUMPS; It tops misery poll

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