boke

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boke¹

  • /bəʊk/ UK
  • /boʊk/ US

Rhymes with -əʊk

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From Scots bock, attested from the 16th century.

verb bokes · boking · boked · boak · boken

  1. UK, ambitransitive, dialectal To thrust or push out; butt; poke.
  2. intransitive To retch or vomit.

boke²

noun bokes

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of book Therefore to make complaynt / Of such mysadvysed / Parsons and dysgysed, / Thys boke we have devysed, […]

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@misc{boke_2026,
  title = {boke},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boke},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}