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bok¹

  • /bɑk/ US
  • /bɒk/ General South African, UK

Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  1. South Africa, slang Keen or willing. "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."

bok²

  • /bɑk/ US
  • /bɒk/ General South African, UK

Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

Imitative

interjection

  1. 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.

verb boks · bokking · bokked

  1. To make the clucking sound of a chicken.

Bok³

Where it comes from

From German Bock and Dutch bok (“buck, he-goat”) and from Swedish bok (“beech”).

proper noun Boks

  1. A surname from German, Dutch, or Swedish.

noun Boks

  1. abbreviation, 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.

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MLA

"bok." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bok. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

bok. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bok

Chicago

"bok." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bok.

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@misc{bok_2026,
  title = {bok},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bok},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}