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sjam·bok
/
ʃæmˈbɒk
,
-ˈbʌk
/
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bok
,
-
buhk
]
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noun
1.
(in southern Africa) a heavy whip, usually of rhinoceros hide.
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verb (used with object)
2.
to whip with or as if with such a whip.
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Origin:
1820–30;
<
Afrikaans
s
(
j
)
ambok
<
Malay
cambuk
whip <
Hindi
cābuk
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sjambok
(ˈʃæmbʌk, (
in South Africa
) -bɒk)
—
n
1.
a heavy whip of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide
2.
a stiff synthetic version of this, used in crowd control
—
vb
,
-boks
,
-bokking
,
-bokked
3.
(
tr
) to strike or beat with such a whip
[C19: from Afrikaans, from Malay
samboq, chamboq,
from Urdu
chābuk
]
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