bok
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
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/bɑk/
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Definition of bok
5 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(South-Africa, slang)Keen or willing.
“"Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."”
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adj
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(South-Africa, slang)Keen or willing.
“"Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."”
intj
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The clucking sound of a chicken.
“And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.”
“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
- To make the clucking sound of a chicken.
name
- A surname from German, Dutch, or Swedish.
noun
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of Springbok, a player for the South African national rugby team.
“Between minutes 30 and 33 England laid siege to the Bok tryline but could not get through.”
“Yes, we lifted the World Cup in 2003 (I can still effortlessly visualise Jonny's drop kick), but the Boks have won four, the Kiwis three and the Aussies two. Our women, thank God, are so much better.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck. Compare German Bock (“willingness, desire”).
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