jouk

verb1

1. •
   (Scotland, Northern-England) 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? — 1739