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bakait

/bəˈkaɪt/

bakait noun: a boastful, overconfident, or rowdy person who talks or acts with exaggerated bravery, often without substance; a showoff or know-it-all.

Noun

bakait (plural bakaits)

  1. (India, slang) A boastful, overconfident, or rowdy person who talks or acts with exaggerated bravery, often without substance; a showoff or know-it-all.
    • He's just a bakait — all talk, no real skills.

Forms of bakait

pluralbakaits

Origin of bakait

Borrowed from Hindi बकैती (bakaitī), a regional slang noun formed from बक (bak, “talk/blabber”) and a suffix implying boastful or exaggerated behaviour.

Questions about bakait

What does bakait mean?
Bakait means a boastful, overconfident, or rowdy person who talks or acts with exaggerated bravery, often without substance; a showoff or know-it-all.
What part of speech is bakait?
Bakait is a noun.
How do you pronounce bakait?
Bakait is pronounced /bəˈkaɪt/.
What is the plural of bakait?
The plural of bakait is bakaits.

Words near bakait in the dictionary

  1. bakaga
  2. bakain
  3. bakains
  4. Bakairi
  5. Bakairis
  6. bakait
  7. Bakakeng
  8. Bakakeng Central
  9. Bakakeng Norte
  10. Bakalahadi
  11. Bakalahari

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