n. A person from the Far East, Oceania or Southeast Asia, in particular a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Korean person.
n. Grime or mud.
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n. any thick, viscous matter
n. (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
Word Usage
"I’d use the word gook more times than I should when talking to the boys in my company, but in my own mind I called them pals for some reason having nothing whatever to do with saintly tendencies on my part or theirs."