# brooks

Pronunciation: say "BRUUKS" /bɹʊks/

## Noun

1. Plural of brook. — plural of brook
   - Simple: Plural of brook. Use this word for more than one small stream.
   - _Several brooks feed the lake from the surrounding hills._
   - _The trail crosses three brooks before it climbs to the summit._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of brook. — third-person singular simple present indicative of brook
   - Simple: Present tense of brook used after he, she, or it. Usually seen in phrases like "brooks no delay."
   - _The new editor brooks no argument once a deadline has been set._
   - _He seldom brooks criticism of his plans, even from close friends._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A family name of English origin, a form of Brook, first given to people who lived beside a stream.
- (proper noun) A first name given to boys.
- (proper noun) A city of southeastern Alberta, Canada, within Newell County.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community south of Louisville, in Kentucky's Bullitt County, treated as a separate area for census figures.
- (proper noun) A district within the Texas city of San Antonio.
- (proper noun) A local government area of western Michigan, part of Newaygo County.
- (proper noun) A small New England town of Maine, part of Waldo County.
- (proper noun) A small town of west central Georgia, south of Atlanta, in Fayette County.
- (proper noun) A small Oregon place near Salem, counted separately by the census, located in Marion County.
- (proper noun) A small unincorporated community in Yolo County, Northern California, mapped as a distinct area for census figures.
- (proper noun) A very small city of northwestern Minnesota, part of Red Lake County.
- (proper noun) A small Montana place counted separately by the census, located in Fergus County.
- (proper noun) A small rural settlement of southern Alabama, without its own local government, located in Covington County.
- (proper noun) A small settlement of central Arkansas with no town government, located in Saline County.
- (proper noun) A small rural settlement of southwest Iowa, without a town government, located in Adams County.
- (proper noun) A small Wisconsin settlement with no government of its own, part of New Chester in Adams County, once called Brookings.
- (proper noun) A small settlement of Cornwall, in southwest England, lying within the parish of Boconnoc.
- (proper noun) A small place in mid Wales, part of the Berriew area of Powys.

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