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bok-bok

bok-bok noun: a boys' game where two or three children form a base, and others jump on them to make the base collapse.

Noun

bok-bok (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) A boys' game where two or three children form a base, and others jump on them to make the base collapse.
    • To celebrate the establishment of a living Pioneer Museum as well as the construction of the ‘jukskei’ and ‘kennetjie’ courts which will indeed ensure that the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site is a living heritage site, a ‘boeresport’ day is being organized for 24 August 2002. Several events...2002, https://web.archive.org/web/20060925230826/http://www.voortrekkermon.org.za/Updates/MediaReleases/English/mediar_009.htm

Origin of bok-bok

From Afrikaans. Possibly Latin bucca bucca quot sunt hic. See Talk page.

Questions about bok-bok

What does bok-bok mean?
Bok-bok means a boys' game where two or three children form a base, and others jump on them to make the base collapse.
What part of speech is bok-bok?
Bok-bok is a noun.

Words near bok-bok in the dictionary

  1. bok choy
  2. bok chwee
  3. Bok globule
  4. Bok globules
  5. bok zwee
  6. bok-bok
  7. boka
  8. bokadam
  9. bokadams
  10. Bokaiyfushi
  11. Bokardo

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