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bok

Pronunciation: /bɔk/

“bok” is an Afrikaans word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. goat
  2. antelope, buck
  3. lover (term of affection)
  4. vaulting horse
  5. blunder

adjective

  1. keen, willing

Etymology

From Dutch bok (“buck, male goat”), from Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

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