plural Chinook or Chinooks
1
: a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth
2
: a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples
3
or less commonly chinook
a
: a warm moist southwest wind of the coast from Oregon northward
b
: a warm dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
4
or less commonly chinook
: chinook salmon
5
: any of a rare breed of large, muscular dogs that were developed in New Hampshire in the early 1900s as sled and working dogs and have a yellow, reddish-yellow, or yellowish-brown coat and calm temperament
Among the dogs he [Arthur Treadwell Walden] used for breeding the Chinook were descendants of Admiral Peary's Greenland expedition huskies, along with mastiff-types.—
John Nolan
John NolanExamples of Chinook in a Sentence
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In June of 2020, for reasons of public safety, the state of Alaska lifted the 1946 International Harvester K-5 out of the wild with a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter and placed it in storage in Fairbanks.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
The Minnesota National Guard will provide a CH-47 (Chinook) helicopter and four crew members for the rescue operation in the BWCA, said the governor's office.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon This beautiful central Oregon reservoir spills across several river canyons and has 72 miles of shoreline.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, about 830,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry were released from a new $35 million hatchery on Fall Creek, a tributary of the Klamath above the old Iron Gate Dam, the furthest downstream.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Spring-run are threatened, and winter-run Chinook are endangered under the Endangered Species Act along with steelhead trout.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
Resident killer whales are an ecotype that specialize in eating salmon, particularly large, fatty, and nutritious Chinook salmon.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 May 2024
The final dam, JC Boyle, is expected to come down this fall, just in time for Chinook salmon season.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
The schedule for removing the three dams calls for finishing in August or September, which will allow for Chinook salmon to migrate upstream past the sites.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
The Minnesota National Guard will provide a CH-47 (Chinook) helicopter and four crew members for the rescue operation in the BWCA, said the governor's office.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon This beautiful central Oregon reservoir spills across several river canyons and has 72 miles of shoreline.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, about 830,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry were released from a new $35 million hatchery on Fall Creek, a tributary of the Klamath above the old Iron Gate Dam, the furthest downstream.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Spring-run are threatened, and winter-run Chinook are endangered under the Endangered Species Act along with steelhead trout.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
Resident killer whales are an ecotype that specialize in eating salmon, particularly large, fatty, and nutritious Chinook salmon.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 May 2024
The final dam, JC Boyle, is expected to come down this fall, just in time for Chinook salmon season.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
The schedule for removing the three dams calls for finishing in August or September, which will allow for Chinook salmon to migrate upstream past the sites.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
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