Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cooke
IPA transcription: [k'ʊk]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Cooke, Jay_Cooke
    Meaning: United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
  • Synonyms: Cooke, Alistair_Cooke, Alfred_Alistair_Cooke
    Meaning: United States journalist (born in England in 1908)
Usage examples
  • In England, Wheatstone and Cooke had introduced a ponderous magnetic needle telegraph.