(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To evade, to dodge, to duck; also, to swerve.
[H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek, / And broken Smatters of the Hebrevv ſpeak; / And in the Latin he is nicely read; / Can ſcrape and jouk; then is not he vvell bred?
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