Meaning
To poke, prick, jab, or stab with something pointed — a stick, a needle, a knife, a thorn. To get 'jook' by a macca is to be pricked by a thorn; to jook someone is to stab or jab them; a doctor 'jook' you with the needle. As a noun a 'jook' is such a prick or stab wound. The word, of West African origin, is one of the most everyday verbs in Patois, used for anything from a pinprick to a serious stabbing.
Examples
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Di macca jook mi inna mi foot.
The thorn pricked me in my foot.
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Him get jook inna di fight.
He got stabbed in the fight.
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Di nurse jook mi wid di needle.
The nurse jabbed me with the needle.
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Di makka juk mi inna mi foot.
The thorn pricked me in my foot.
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Nuh juk mi wid yuh finger.
Don't poke me with your finger.
Origin
From a West African source (compare 'juk'); to poke/prick/stab. See Makka, Cutlass lick.
How it’s used
To poke/prick/jab/stab with something pointed; a 'jook' is such a wound. See Makka, Cutlass lick.