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chabouk

chabouk is the alternative form of chabuk.

Meaning of chabuk

Noun

chabuk (plural chabuks)

  1. (historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
    • Shut your mouths and get back to work or I'll whip you with my own chabuk.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 98

Forms of chabouk

pluralchabouks

Questions about chabouk

What is chabouk the alternative form of?
Chabouk is the alternative form of chabuk.

Words near chabouk in the dictionary

  1. Chabonesque
  2. chabootra
  3. chabootras
  4. chabot
  5. chabots
  6. chabouk
  7. chabouks
  8. chabournéite
  9. chabrette
  10. chabrettes
  11. chabudai

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