Definitions

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  • adjective South Africa, slang keen or willing.
  • interjection The clucking sound of a chicken.

Etymologies

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From Afrikaans bok

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Imitative.

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  • The blow, a rude and deafening bok, had dazed me. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.

    March 23, 2012

  • '"Has she boked?"

    Barry smiled at O'Reilly's use of the country vernacular for "vomited."'. - An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor, Chapter 5.

    April 24, 2017

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