bok

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bok"

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Translingual

Symbol

bok

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bonjo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bonjo terms

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑk/
• (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA^(key): /bɒk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck. Compare German Bock (“willingness, desire”).

Adjective

bok

1. (South Africa, slang) Keen or willing.

   "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."

Etymology 2

Imitative

Interjection

bok

1. The clucking sound of a chicken.

   Alternative form: bawk

   • 2000, William S Pollack, Todd Shuster, Real boys' voices:

     And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.

   • 2004, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory:

     So the librarian gives the chicken a book. The chicken goes away, but comes back the next day, goes up to the librarian's desk and says: 'Bok, bok!'

Verb

bok (third-person singular simple present boks, present participle bokking, simple past and past participle bokked)

1. To make the clucking sound of a chicken.

See also

• bok-bok
• bok choy

Anagrams

• KBO, OKB, kob

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bok (“buck, male goat”), from Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk/

• Audio:

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Noun

bok (plural bokke, diminutive bokkie)

1. goat
2. antelope, buck

   Synonym: wildsbok

3. (slang) lover (term of affection)

   Synonym: bokkie

4. (gymnastics) vaulting horse
5. blunder

Derived terms

• boerbok